@@galaxykidM5 Why would you try to school someone on *’ōlelo* Hawai’i when you don’t even know how to SPELL *’ŌLELO* correctly?!? Add the kahakō (-). PS: writing in pidgin doesn’t give you credibility at all, in fact it makes you look like you’re trying to pretend you’re Hawaiian. “Look, I’m so Hawaiian, not only do I speak in pidgin, I write in pidgin too” 😂🤣😂🤣😂
As a local Filipino born and raised in hawaii, these videos give me hope for tourist to be better educated. I know you are a bigger name on the internet, and I love and appreciate you doing these things. The Hawaiians & their culture are a big influence on my life. You’re shedding light and allowing their voices to be heard. These are my childhood friends, my family, my neighbors, my education system, my emergency responders, etc. The Hawaiians deserve all the correct coverage on their truth. Thank you again.
@@staylitpar Even here in the mainland. I’m a San Jose local born and raised with family roots in Hawaii. I’ve notice a lot of Flips around here tend to think they’re somehow related to Hawaiians and Samoans. I think it has something to do between the similarities in pacific island cultures
Awesome video bro! As a native Hawaiian myself I really appreciate the fact that you took the time out to make this video and shed some light on our culture instead of just coming here and staying at a hotel or resort and only going to tourist spots. A lot of Hawaiians and locals here are just like this family, lots of love and Aloha to share and will always be willing to hanai you if they feel you need and will appreciate it.
I really appreciate this video… it came up on my feed cause I’ve been researching Hawai’ian language, spirituality, and history… I’m visiting the big island and staying in Puna region next month. Hanai would be an honor to experience!
This is just the beginning of an epic 3 day adventure. I've already learned so much and I'm so grateful to be welcomed by Kamaka and his family. I've actually been to Hawaii twice before but I was a total tourist and didn't have the same exposure or appreciation for the local culture. Watch Day 2 and subscribe for the next families I'm living with! ❤
Regarding the term "haole", I believe what Kamaka was trying to say is that it brings out a lot of anger in Hawaiians. Kind of like when a Black or African American hears the "N" word used by a White or Caucasian person.....None the less, thank you for making this series of videos. Highlighting Hawaiian culture, you will see a lot of similarities in the Hawaiian and Pacific Island nations.
Props to the Haole who wanted to learn our heritage. To the Ohana that took him in and taught him our heritage. Props to your Mom who knows what really happened before our time. Good on you guys braddahs! BTW, My baby Brotha lives in Pahoa and cherish and Malama the Aina! Malama Pono!
As a Hawaiian that lives in the Mainland (Ohio, go figure), if someone were to ask me if I am American, I would say oh “I’m Hawaiian!” To me it’s similar to asking someone who lives in Canada, Mexico, and Brazil if they’re American. By technicalities because they live in “The Americas,” they’re Americans as well. Yes, I am technically an American, but in my Heart and mind I am Hawaiian first! You know, after graduating from Kamehameha Schools, growing up on Ni’ihau, and traveling around the pacific (and the world); I’ve come to realize that if you have the heart and soul of what it means to be Hawaiian, than you’re Hawaiian to me. This mana’o instilled in me when I visited New Zealand. Not all the students were Māori by blood, but everyone of them had the heart to be one. And they all saw each other as Māori. Hopefully one day this can be Hawaii too. And hopefully one day the distance between being a Hawaiian and being American won’t be so far. But we still have much to teach and learn as a culture.
Hi I am 60 percent Hawaiian. I served and found for this great country America. I am a American and proud to be a American. Remember when Hawaii had a chance to have there Hawaiian kingdom and the Hawaiian movement did not want to acknowledge America as her mother country. And what happened then everything went put the window. OHA needs to do alot more for the Hawaiian people. But to say your Hawaiian first and not American in this video is just crazy. Kamehameha schools are funded be the federal government and are the best schools in Hawaii. There's alot of kids would like to go but they can't pass the test so there swept under the carpet. OHA needs to help these kids. America has been real good to Hawaii. I live in Ohio and retired from the federal government. Aloha from Ohio
Aloha uncle, @Gilbert Ah Sam. That’s great to hear that you’re proud to be an American. I feel that everyone should be proud to be who they are. I am proud to be a Hawaiian and proud to have been raised in Hawaii. I do remember the illegal annexation of Hawaii, as I’m sure you’ve learned about it from your Kumu (Teachers) and Kupuna (Ancestors). If you haven’t, then I would encourage to learn more about how wrong the American Government was to illegally annex the Kingdom of Hawaii. I agree that OHA needs to do more, but the American Government could do even more for Hawaii. Kamehameha Schools is not federally funded. To accommodate more students attending Kamehameha Schools there are now three Campuses. Kapalama Campus on O’ahu, Kea’au Campus on Hawaii Island, and Pukalani Campus on Maui. Not only that there are over 26 other Hawaiian charter schools through out the islands that are part of the Kamehameha Schools Kealapono Program. Like what other High school in America do you know has 3 campuses? You call it crazy, I call it pride. As I mentioned before, I am proud to be Hawaiian. I may be American, but I am Hawaiian first. Aloha!
@@KayKanahele Said with such grace, sister. Also, I think it is so special that you grew up on Ni'ihau. As a 24 year-old Kanaka from O'ahu, I don't know too much about what life is like on Ni'hau nor do I know anyone personally who grew up there. I would love to chat with you sometime and exchange mana'o if you'd like. Let me know! Aloha!
Our Grandmother was adopted by a Hawaiian family when she was 2 years old back in the early 1890's. She could only speak Hawaiian when it was time to go to school. The story goes that the teachers couldn't understand her because that is all she could speak. She was a Japanese girl who only spoke Hawaiian, I wish we would have met her to listen to all the wonderful stories she would have told.
Sorry to break it to you, but that story is complete bs. Everyone spoke Hawaiian in Hawai’i back then, even foreigners, ‘ōlelo Hawai’i (Hawaiian language) was the main language, English was secondary… everyone spoke ‘ōlelo Hawai’i. In fact my grandfather was born in 1889 and he never spoke english AT ALL, EVER, he never learned it, he refused to, and he went through school speaking ONLY ‘ōlelo Hawai’i. It didn’t seem suspicious to you that amongst HAWAIIANS in The HAWAIIAN Kingdom, the teachers supposedly couldn’t understand her for speaking HAWAIIAN 😂🤣😂🤣😂??? No, sorry, but all the immigrant kids had to learn to speak Hawaiian, so did the teachers, in fact the teachers HAD to know how to speak ‘ōlelo Hawai’i back then, it was a requirement.
These young Hawaiins showing u around are so heartwarming, fun and kind! They have been raised right if I may say. Thank you for sharing this amazing rich culture! Much love from Lebanon.
Mahalo for coming to the Big Island and sharing with the world our beautiful traditions and learning our culture. I really hope you enjoyed your 72 hours with that amazing family. Cheeeehoooo!!! Can't wait to see more video from your trip here. Mahalo, Mahalo, Mahalo 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
I'm so happy that your first visit was to Hilo! Hawai'i is such a special place...growing up I was not taught to be proud of my Hawaiian side because for generations we were taught that it just wasn't good enough....now as an adult I can say that I am learning and rediscovering my culture. I am Hawaiian and proud!! Cheee huuuu!!
Wow thank you for sharing about your upbringing Crystal! It’s awesome to see this renaissance of people celebrating their Hawaiian side - it’s beautiful and deserves to be recognized!
Oh I love seeing this. Mahalo so much for showing the true aspect of Hawaiian culture. I do hope this can educate tourists that come here to Hawai’i to be more respectful and appreciate of the history and culture for it’s what not it’s cracked up to be. I do hope you have enjoyed your trip. I’m born and raised from Honoka’a a different part of the Big Island. But so happy to see this video. Mahalo so much.
Funny thing is. (Being in Waikiki for the last 6 years) most tourist are respectful, kind, and just want to enjoy life. Most of the drama and pilau comes from residents themselves. But love deflecting on to others. Honokaa is sooo out of the way how do you even interact with tourist lol I interact on a daily basis. The comments talk like they are the reason this place has its problems. Nope.
We Hawaiians don’t like it when mainlanders buy homes here and call themselves “local” because its the exact thing the U.S government did to Hawaii when they overthrew our monarchy. They sailed here on boats ands settled on our lands. Weasel’d their way into the trust of our leaders. Then changed the rules and laws to fit their needs and agendas. If you ask me, that’s the same thing that happens today. The only difference is that the haoles don’t sail here on boats anymore… the fly in airplanes instead 🤙🏽
@@frankiej510 your Chamorro ancestors rolled over and took up the butt by the western world since the 1600s. Hawaii was its own sovereign nation till just before the 20th century and we had to be overthrown illegally to give up our lands. So yeah, if your Chamorro family bitched about the same things we do… they’d just be bitches. Because they didnt share the same experiences
@@frankiej510 The chamorro people were never of an internationally recognized sovereign country, you weren’t unified under one leader, you didn’t have a constitution, a government, a national currency, a healthcare system, a military, schools, etc etc, you weren’t a country, and in accordance to international law you COULD be colonized and settled because you didn’t go through the process of proving you were capable of self governance (because you WERENT capable of self governance) which meant countries like Spain, the US, Germany were able to take control and govern you. You were never your own country. The Hawaiian Kingdom on the other hand gained international sovereign recognition in 1843 and became a legal country, therefore in accordance to international law we could only be taken over through a treaty. We never signed a treaty with the US (or anyone) wherein we relinquished our sovereignty and agreed to be absorbed into that country. THATS ILLEGAL, it’s a war crime. Get it? What happened to you, was completely legal… immoral, yes, but it WAS legal. What happened to The Hawaiian Kingdom was ILLEGAL. PS: Every chamorro I’ve ever met was a HUGE cry baby 😂, always whining about how you were done wrong, how you’re treated unfairly, how you have to work harder than everyone else… all the while living off of welfare, section 8, medicaid and food stamps paid for by people who ACTUALLY work, from a country you aren’t even part of. And you have the nerve to say chamorro don’t cry 😂🤣😂, you do literally nothing BUT cry.
Mahalo nui loa, you did an amazing job with this first video. I love how you're showing how Hawai'i is more than just a tourist destination. Hilo is definitely a special place. I'm looking forward to seeing Day 2 & 3.
Wow what a privilege you have our local taking care of you and showing you the roots of Hilo. Having Uncle Sig to take you around and talk with you while you're in his store is very rare. You are very lucky to have gotten that special treatment right on. I love it! Mahalo for coming to Hilo, Mahalo to our local family for showing him around, taking him to Merrie Monarch, our old school Hilo town. All around it is amazing. Great video Markian. Represent 96720! Aloha a hui hou!
I’ve always been very into names MEANING something. Not only meaning something special to that person, but grounding them to the environment, culture, this world.. anything. I think cultures who having naming systems like this are on to something, but I’d like the perspective of those from them. I’ve only ever heard it be cherished by Hawaiians. I think it’s cool also getting to have nicknames or multiple names in general. I’ve always been one for that. I just think it’s cool.
This is awesome. This kid got an awesome experience. Hope he can take this experience and share it with people that live in his area. I appreciate that this dude did not appear to get offended by some of the honesty that was shared with him. Growing up in Hawaii there is respect of the people, respect of the land, and respect of the culture. If you cannot agree into any of these things then you can never be a local.
Thank you for doing this! When I went back home last summer, it was saddening to see how tourists acted in Hawaii. Like they treated it like it was some different country and can act like there were no rules. People who really come to Hawaii should learn the culture and respect the land and people.
Thank you for watching! The problem in my eyes is a lack of education and a lack of access to the right information. I visited Hawaii before this trip but I had no idea how the locals felt. I didn't know where to learn about it. I hope this series can be a place where foreigners are exposed to local Hawaiian culture 🤙
@@VvvnimaL Not even remotely true, only 242,392 people out of our 1.442 million population work in the tourism sector. That’s nowhere near “most people”. Local businesses outside of tourist zones have always been reliant mainly on locals, not tourists. Tourism promotes people moving here, which heavily contributes to those tourists becoming residents and competing with locals for jobs and housing, resulting in Hawaiians and locals being displaced and forced out… meaning tourism HURTS “most” locals far more than it benefit us.
@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom 242,392 is a lot out of 1.4million. Fail to see the taxes that come with that too that go back into the state. You can't deny that Hawaii relies on it as much as you don't like it. How about all the imports you need too?
you went to hilo at the most perfect time. i was in hilo the same weekend and i could FEEL the mana the second i stepped off the plane and the smell of the beautiful flowers emanated throughout the entire town. it’s a special special place and you witnessed a special time. 🖤
I’m a Filipino born and raised in Hawaii. My closest friends are part Hawaiian. The others parts are Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Portuguese, Caucasian etc…but when you ask what ethnicity they are, they say only Hawaiian. My kids are part Hawaiian, but have more of the American culture in them.
The "14 second" explanation part brought tears. It isn't enough to explain the pain our ancestors went through, but it hit my heart. Mahalo nui for coming to Hawai'i and showing the world what we are really about. 💯🤙🏽❤️
Technically the law made English the instruction language for publicly funded schools. I expect the missionaries that ran private schools did the same thing. I think most people had it bad in 1898. Mine were being starved by the British in Ireland, on the receiving end of violence, their language changed as well and other ancestors about to be engaged in a revolution/war in Poland. Thank goodness the Korean and Chinese went to Hawaii. It was about to get really bad in both those countries. If Japan bought Hawaii or succeeded in the match of royals with Hawaiian Princess and Japanese Prince would the axis powers taken part of mainland with Japan closer to US mainland to carry out an attack? Instead of Pearl Harbor would Japan have used Hawaii as a base and bombed LA instead? Would Japan leave Hawaiian’s to be Hawaiian today? Or would they all need to be Japanese or second class citizens in Japan like the Korean’s and others brought into the ‘empire’ between 1905-1945? Japan would have built have built their sort of buildings and infrastructure to the place like they did all the places they annexed as they pleased.
This is so special.. thank you for sharing my home, my people, my culture and our history. Your day one had so many influential people on just the Big Island.. Merrie Monarch is such an amazing festival and not having it during the peaks of COVID was so heartbreaking to our community. Excited for Day 2 and 3!
I started tearing up when they were getting the Alola shirts. Made me realize that I am sheltered and have zero knowledge in cultures. I am adopted & have never bonded or even attempted to acknowledge my cultural background. Im hoping to learn from Markian
I love this series, and learning about different cultures. I can say when the black national anthem plays there is that same feeling within my culture(African American). It's ours it wasn't given to us. When we take time to learn about others we find there is uniqueness, but we share similar experiences.
Kamaka is amazing. Ive followed him for a long time basically since before his race to 50k. You picked another great person for this. Plus....He is beautiful!!!! In so many ways!
Nice experience on your first day! I lived in Oaho Hawaii for 8 years and I love and respect their culture! I do have relatives living in Hawaii and have embraced the aloha spirit
How awesome it was to see you embrace their culture 🤙🏼I've always wanted to see the hula performance for years, but never got to. I'm from Guam but moved to Cali. If you ask if I'm American, I proudly say Chamorro👋💯❤️ Now back to your videos, thanks for sharing. I'm homesick 🥺😥
Love this guy! My dad was born and raised big island Laupāhoehoe! Although i grew up mainland my grandmother and grandfather and all of my aunties, unkos and cousins who came here in 1958 made sure that we didn't forget. I was lucky because i was the only girl of my grandmothers grandchildren so it was left on me. I was so lucky to learn about home through song, hula, story and COOKING! As we got older we would fly to Oahu and my mom and dad would leave us there every summer while they went home! I'm so blessed to have had the best of both worlds! Mahalo to this family for bringing this keed to Hawaii and giving him a crash course! I wish EVERYONE would take this kind of crash course not only in native Hawaiian culture BUT any culture that you are not familiar with! I wish people could understand it happened to us just as it happened to the native americans here on da mainland! We didn't want to be made part of the US! This video gives me hope and i love that these kids can correctly speak hawaiian and understand their land and culture it's so AWESOME! i'm just smiling ear to ear!
Not Hawaiian but I’m Pacific Islander. Really enjoyed the video, happy you also included conversations about the colonization of Hawai’i. Also Cheehoo is something all islanders do lol
I absolutely love this video 💕💕💕 As a South Asian with very little information on Hawai'i, I am so glad I watched. It has made me want to visit and learn more about the culture and meet the beautiful people. Whenever I go anywhere, I love to learn the language (or try) and explore the 'real' area. Thank you Markian for the enlightenment. Aloha
I loved that you guys went on the topic of having our island stolen ! And I’m glad that they took you and showed you our beautiful island I’m glad you had fun and that someone showed interest in the big island
I’ve been living in Hawaii for the last 3 years. One of my closest friends is Hawaiian she has been teaching me Hawaiian and Hula for the last 2.5 years. The video is very similar how my friend shares her culture. My family has a mixed culture of English, Cuban and Sicilian. So at the same time I am teaching her mine. I’ve seen so much more than most individuals. It’s the best way because I can now teach other people what is Hawaiian vs Local culture. There needs to be more videos like this to keep the culture alive. hoʻomaikaʻi i ka poʻe a pau e wehe aʻe e aʻo i ka moʻomeheu ʻē aʻe a kaʻana like i ko lākou ʻike. 🤙🏼
I appreciate the reflection and what drives me the most is understanding people’s perspectives from different backgrounds. The question about being American is the same for all of them but the answers are different. Having all the information allows you to make the most informed decision on your American-ness 😊🇺🇸
I love you and your Smile Squad Family! I’m so happy you finally came to my home, Hawai’i! Thank you for taking the time to truly embrace everything in the islands from the hospitality, food, culture, land and even the truth of all Hawaiians. I’m just a local raised in Hawaii as a Micronesian, but I’m glad you truly see first hand the real beautiful life of hawaii that I grew up! I died laughing at the certificate! I got hella jealous of you getting the real authentic aloha shirt! Even spoiled to get it handpicked by the owner himself plus not paying?! Let’s not forget you get to see our favorite local artists right after merrie monarch?! I heard “merry monarch” and thought “OMG THIS GUY GOING FOR THE REAL HAWAIIAN EXPERIENCE! HES EVEN SEEING REAL HULA; NOT COMMERICALIZE HULA!! OH THIS GONNA BE EPIC FOR HIM! AND EPIC FOR ME TO WATCH!😂😭👏” I’m over the roof happy for you Markian! Because you are 3rd (world) child, I always was fascinated to follow you since! I married a Latino so your Spain roots got me mixed up when you’re not even Spanish. So I had to follow you! Now I see you traveling but for learning your American side. I hope it’s all an incredible journey you can’t forget👏😇
Yessah brada Kamaka 🙏🏽 grew up in Hilo and played soccer with Kamaka in our younger years. Thank you for shining a light on our unique experience as a Native Hawaiian living in Murica. I always tell mainland people, you may be a haole based off your physical appearance but you can be a local at heart as long as you show respect and live aloha 🤙🏾
@@SeanD808 Depends on your meaning of the word "native". You are right that folks called "native Hawaiian" are descended from ancestors who were foreign settlers from the South Pacific who colonized Hawaii. But the word "native" refers to BIRTH, as in pre-natal, natal, post-natal, nativity, nature, natural, nation, national. Everyone is BORN so everyone is a "native". We are all natives of the place we are born. (The planet Earth.) 😁
being hapa haole, it's so beautiful to see someone embracing the culture. and it's amazing to see you learning about our history and it's such a heartwarming experience.
02:48 I live in San Diego and Ti plants are found here in many gardens and for sale… and in most places with suitable climates. They’re just usually sold under their taxonomic name _Cordyline_ or _Cordyline fruticosa_ for Ti plant specifically. But they’re common in Southern California, Florida, and possibly other places in the south US. And you’ll def see them in Mexico, all over Latin America, the Caribbean, Australia, Asia… they’re often seen in red or multicolored forms.
watching this made me teary eyed. although I'm not Hawaiian, I am polynesian and I just love how much you've respected the culture and were willing to be educated. Its pretty rare nowadays and I just loved feeling the respect and aloha from just this mini series !
I loved this video I’ve been watching your videos lately. But this just makes me want to go back to hawai’i even more. I loved the people and the scenery. But can’t wait to learn more from the locals.
Although you may not be Hawaiian if you do not have Hawaiian blood, Hawaiians see EVERYONE as family and this 'ohana definitely sees you as their own now. I am SOOO proud to be Hawaiian, every single day, but nothing makes me more proud than to see my culture shared (correctly) with others and for it to be received CORRECTLY with so much love and gratitude!!! It is true, we do have a difficult time accepting foreigners onto our land (even to visit) because of all that was taken from us. After years of oppression, we have felt the need to protect our culture from the clutches of the modern world, but we were always meant to enlighten and share. That has always been integrated into our culture and seeing this video makes me hopeful that we can one day get to a place of sharing our lives with the world without risk of it being taken or tainted like before. Mahalo nunui for creating this series and letting your world have a glimpse of ours, in the best light. OLA!!!
wow i love this video so much, I recently moved to hilo for college in hopes to provide food more affordably out here. I love the aloha spirit everyone is so beautiful and kind here. I am so grateful, the people in this video seem so awesome.
I’m local Filipino born and raise Hawaii from Kona side Markian wow you with some true Braddahs over there some good ppls fo bringing you in like that. It is true in the islands we don’t view ourselves as Americans we just know we are bc of our government and that we are a state of the United States. I’ve been to 23 countries I am glad Hawaii is part of America bc of what I’ve seen in the world. We in Hawaii have the best of both worlds in my view as far as when it comes to our life style. We have the infrastructure that America brings that can be good and bad and we have the cultures of Hawaii first the Hawaiian then the Asian Spanish and Caucasian. I live in the mainland now and seeing this vid made me miss home and the ono grinds, ohana and all that is Hawaii. You getting it better then tourist.
Ou te matua fiafia lava i lenei vitio. E ui lava ou te le o se Hawaii, ae ou te talisapaia lou tuuina mai o ni malamalamaaga i o'u uso Polenisia! E ofoofogia! O a'u o Samoa ma Amerika! Alofa i la'u aganuu! Nothing but love!
so awesome to see my ‘ohana on this video. Kawika Lewis Makana Lewis Kainalu lewis and Hilo Boy and Tee tee girl❣️ Great job teaching you about real Hawai’i and all of ‘ʻāina university in Hilo also you are awesome Markian being so open to our Hawaiian culture🤙🏽🥰
Jones is one of my family bloodlines here on Oahu! Maybe we are cousins! I have lots of cousins in Hilo, but the Jones name is too far back for any of us to have it. If you look up Wikipedia, William Claude Jones, that’s my great great grandfather. But we have other family bloodlines from Kailihao on Maui, Lono on Big Island and Holt/Stillman on Oahu.
Them singing the american anthem even here… gave me chills something ain’t right and then to play the american befor hawai’i I can understand the derogatory names
ive always wanted to live in hawaii since i was young or just go there for a little vacation but ive always known that the locals dont like it when main landers come. so i just view the beauty from afar :)
So true. My name is Makahi pomaika'i olei makani ike keiki ikaika oka naauao pai. Blessed is the one and only son that brings strength and wiadom with the circling wind.
i bought my boyfriend a sig zane aloha shirt for christmas/his birthday and the shirt i bought was 150+ bucks. it’s a very nice gesture that he gave you that BEAUTIFUL aloha shirt. 🖤🖤
As a Hawaiian I enjoy people showing there life style and learning Hawaiian culture I don’t really have a Hawaiian name but I have a middle name in Hawaiian it’s (pomaika’i) i think it means blessing and fortune blessed
Hawaii has limited land for agriculture and manufacturing which means that a significant portion of the food and consumer goods needs to be shipped from other places. This heavy reliance on imports leads to higher transportation cost which are passed on to consumers. The state also depends heavily on tourism that also raises the cost of living
Ive lived in oahu my whole life but just recently revisted Hilo since the last time I went I was 2 and let me tell you Hilo opened my eyes to what a hawaiin culture truly was it also made me realize what my parents where talking about how hawaii had changed since oahu is much more urban and concrete than Hilo the trip is soemthing I would do again 100%
Wow, never seen someone frame Bill Clinton's apology. I am both Hawaiian and Native American, and was born homeless in Hawaiʻi the same year of 1993, despite being one of the direct descendants of David Malo. Still trying to find out what my land rights are as rent rises to NYC rates. On that heavy note, want to lighten up and say this video made me smile big and laugh a lot. The respect shown here is amazing, thank you for coming out here and making these videos!!
Do your genealogy, find your lineal RP’s if you have any and then get ready for the fight of your life… the fraudulent “state of Hawai’i” doesn’t like to give us our lands back because all these non-Hawaiians are living on OUR stollen lands.
I’m Latino with mostly indigenous descent & I see how he feels connected to his native land the same way I feel connected with my native land which is not just Central America because I’m Nicaraguan but the entire American landmass as a whole since it was my ancestors the first men to walk and adapt to this continent, our creation story is also similar to native Hawaiians since it is said that all mesoamericans are the children of the corn because the gods used every part of the plant to create us humans and gave us the crop to feed ourselves.
As Hawai'ian, it makes me very proud to see families like Kamaka and how they exhibit the true Aloha spirit.
How much Hawaiian are you? Both parents are 100% or is one parent mixed or the and the other ones mixed and so on just curious
@@justmejm Mom is full Hawaiian and my dad is Japanese.
@@galaxykidM5 Why would you try to school someone on *’ōlelo* Hawai’i when you don’t even know how to SPELL *’ŌLELO* correctly?!? Add the kahakō (-).
PS: writing in pidgin doesn’t give you credibility at all, in fact it makes you look like you’re trying to pretend you’re Hawaiian. “Look, I’m so Hawaiian, not only do I speak in pidgin, I write in pidgin too” 😂🤣😂🤣😂
Hawaiians are true Americans
@@bertfukuda559 daang, your gifteed, you one 50/50 and your parent is 100% kanaka, that is one strong lineage
As a local Filipino born and raised in hawaii, these videos give me hope for tourist to be better educated. I know you are a bigger name on the internet, and I love and appreciate you doing these things. The Hawaiians & their culture are a big influence on my life. You’re shedding light and allowing their voices to be heard. These are my childhood friends, my family, my neighbors, my education system, my emergency responders, etc. The Hawaiians deserve all the correct coverage on their truth. Thank you again.
Thank you for sharing and I appreciate the support on the videos 🙏
I want to live there because I’m depressed from American culture. We have no family values here. Just mean.
Hawaii got a lot of Pinoy there acting Hawaiian
Tourists are crazy destroying the Island
@@staylitpar Even here in the mainland. I’m a San Jose local born and raised with family roots in Hawaii. I’ve notice a lot of Flips around here tend to think they’re somehow related to Hawaiians and Samoans. I think it has something to do between the similarities in pacific island cultures
Awesome video bro! As a native Hawaiian myself I really appreciate the fact that you took the time out to make this video and shed some light on our culture instead of just coming here and staying at a hotel or resort and only going to tourist spots. A lot of Hawaiians and locals here are just like this family, lots of love and Aloha to share and will always be willing to hanai you if they feel you need and will appreciate it.
@@mokukiwalao4284 I know that but it’s easier for others to understand to just say native Hawaiian.
I really appreciate this video… it came up on my feed cause I’ve been researching Hawai’ian language, spirituality, and history… I’m visiting the big island and staying in Puna region next month. Hanai would be an honor to experience!
This is just the beginning of an epic 3 day adventure. I've already learned so much and I'm so grateful to be welcomed by Kamaka and his family. I've actually been to Hawaii twice before but I was a total tourist and didn't have the same exposure or appreciation for the local culture. Watch Day 2 and subscribe for the next families I'm living with! ❤
Wiener man
Stay with a Sikh/Punjabi family next….
Mahalo for these videos!!! Can’t wait for the next ones!!
Regarding the term "haole", I believe what Kamaka was trying to say is that it brings out a lot of anger in Hawaiians. Kind of like when a Black or African American hears the "N" word used by a White or Caucasian person.....None the less, thank you for making this series of videos. Highlighting Hawaiian culture, you will see a lot of similarities in the Hawaiian and Pacific Island nations.
This my friend...is how you experience any culture. Good on you for reaching out to a local family instead of doing the typical tourist thing.
Props to the Haole who wanted to learn our heritage. To the Ohana that took him in and taught him our heritage. Props to your Mom who knows what really happened before our time. Good on you guys braddahs! BTW, My baby Brotha lives in Pahoa and cherish and Malama the Aina! Malama Pono!
Yeap, a lot of us respect your culture sadly it isn't mutual.
@@kevinprzy4539 what’s not mutual?
I hate when people litter too. The land is our home and people don’t care.
@@andidontcarelol that's EVERYWHERE that tourists visit.
As a Hawaiian that lives in the Mainland (Ohio, go figure), if someone were to ask me if I am American, I would say oh “I’m Hawaiian!” To me it’s similar to asking someone who lives in Canada, Mexico, and Brazil if they’re American. By technicalities because they live in “The Americas,” they’re Americans as well.
Yes, I am technically an American, but in my Heart and mind I am Hawaiian first!
You know, after graduating from Kamehameha Schools, growing up on Ni’ihau, and traveling around the pacific (and the world); I’ve come to realize that if you have the heart and soul of what it means to be Hawaiian, than you’re Hawaiian to me.
This mana’o instilled in me when I visited New Zealand. Not all the students were Māori by blood, but everyone of them had the heart to be one. And they all saw each other as Māori. Hopefully one day this can be Hawaii too. And hopefully one day the distance between being a Hawaiian and being American won’t be so far. But we still have much to teach and learn as a culture.
Hi I am 60 percent Hawaiian. I served and found for this great country America. I am a American and proud to be a American. Remember when Hawaii had a chance to have there Hawaiian kingdom and the Hawaiian movement did not want to acknowledge America as her mother country. And what happened then everything went put the window. OHA needs to do alot more for the Hawaiian people. But to say your Hawaiian first and not American in this video is just crazy. Kamehameha schools are funded be the federal government and are the best schools in Hawaii. There's alot of kids would like to go but they can't pass the test so there swept under the carpet. OHA needs to help these kids. America has been real good to Hawaii. I live in Ohio and retired from the federal government.
Aloha from Ohio
Aloha uncle, @Gilbert Ah Sam. That’s great to hear that you’re proud to be an American. I feel that everyone should be proud to be who they are. I am proud to be a Hawaiian and proud to have been raised in Hawaii. I do remember the illegal annexation of Hawaii, as I’m sure you’ve learned about it from your Kumu (Teachers) and Kupuna (Ancestors). If you haven’t, then I would encourage to learn more about how wrong the American Government was to illegally annex the Kingdom of Hawaii.
I agree that OHA needs to do more, but the American Government could do even more for Hawaii. Kamehameha Schools is not federally funded. To accommodate more students attending Kamehameha Schools there are now three Campuses. Kapalama Campus on O’ahu, Kea’au Campus on Hawaii Island, and Pukalani Campus on Maui. Not only that there are over 26 other Hawaiian charter schools through out the islands that are part of the Kamehameha Schools Kealapono Program. Like what other High school in America do you know has 3 campuses?
You call it crazy, I call it pride. As I mentioned before, I am proud to be Hawaiian. I may be American, but I am Hawaiian first. Aloha!
Beautifully said.
@@KayKanahele Said with such grace, sister. Also, I think it is so special that you grew up on Ni'ihau. As a 24 year-old Kanaka from O'ahu, I don't know too much about what life is like on Ni'hau nor do I know anyone personally who grew up there. I would love to chat with you sometime and exchange mana'o if you'd like. Let me know! Aloha!
Dude respect as I don’t have those views but I also do not object to it as you are a true Hawaiian!!!❤️
Our Grandmother was adopted by a Hawaiian family when she was 2 years old back in the early 1890's. She could only speak Hawaiian when it was time to go to school. The story goes that the teachers couldn't understand her because that is all she could speak. She was a Japanese girl who only spoke Hawaiian, I wish we would have met her to listen to all the wonderful stories she would have told.
Sorry to break it to you, but that story is complete bs. Everyone spoke Hawaiian in Hawai’i back then, even foreigners, ‘ōlelo Hawai’i (Hawaiian language) was the main language, English was secondary… everyone spoke ‘ōlelo Hawai’i. In fact my grandfather was born in 1889 and he never spoke english AT ALL, EVER, he never learned it, he refused to, and he went through school speaking ONLY ‘ōlelo Hawai’i.
It didn’t seem suspicious to you that amongst HAWAIIANS in The HAWAIIAN Kingdom, the teachers supposedly couldn’t understand her for speaking HAWAIIAN 😂🤣😂🤣😂??? No, sorry, but all the immigrant kids had to learn to speak Hawaiian, so did the teachers, in fact the teachers HAD to know how to speak ‘ōlelo Hawai’i back then, it was a requirement.
Im pretty sure they only gave land to english speakers. And only teaching in english seems like a tactic used by the white guys to gain power.
These young Hawaiins showing u around are so heartwarming, fun and kind! They have been raised right if I may say. Thank you for sharing this amazing rich culture! Much love from Lebanon.
im from Texas, and let me tell you. I have always LOVED Hawaiian culture. it’s so beautiful. it genuinely makes me tear up.
Mahalo for coming to the Big Island and sharing with the world our beautiful traditions and learning our culture. I really hope you enjoyed your 72 hours with that amazing family. Cheeeehoooo!!! Can't wait to see more video from your trip here. Mahalo, Mahalo, Mahalo 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
I’m Maori and I love Hawaii and everything about Hawaiians ! Be proud 💯
Aw mahalo our Poly cousin. 🥰
I'm so happy that your first visit was to Hilo! Hawai'i is such a special place...growing up I was not taught to be proud of my Hawaiian side because for generations we were taught that it just wasn't good enough....now as an adult I can say that I am learning and rediscovering my culture. I am Hawaiian and proud!!
Cheee huuuu!!
Wow thank you for sharing about your upbringing Crystal! It’s awesome to see this renaissance of people celebrating their Hawaiian side - it’s beautiful and deserves to be recognized!
Oh I love seeing this. Mahalo so much for showing the true aspect of Hawaiian culture. I do hope this can educate tourists that come here to Hawai’i to be more respectful and appreciate of the history and culture for it’s what not it’s cracked up to be.
I do hope you have enjoyed your trip. I’m born and raised from Honoka’a a different part of the Big Island. But so happy to see this video. Mahalo so much.
Hawaiian culture is beautiful! I'll have to visit the other side of the big island next time. Mahalo for the comment
@@markianb there is a restaurant here called Tex Drive Inn best Malasadas ever!!!
Funny thing is. (Being in Waikiki for the last 6 years) most tourist are respectful, kind, and just want to enjoy life. Most of the drama and pilau comes from residents themselves. But love deflecting on to others. Honokaa is sooo out of the way how do you even interact with tourist lol I interact on a daily basis. The comments talk like they are the reason this place has its problems. Nope.
As a Native Hawaiian from the westside of O’ahu I am in love with their yard !! Every Hawaiian loves a nice fat yard I love it
We Hawaiians don’t like it when mainlanders buy homes here and call themselves “local” because its the exact thing the U.S government did to Hawaii when they overthrew our monarchy. They sailed here on boats ands settled on our lands. Weasel’d their way into the trust of our leaders. Then changed the rules and laws to fit their needs and agendas. If you ask me, that’s the same thing that happens today. The only difference is that the haoles don’t sail here on boats anymore… the fly in airplanes instead 🤙🏽
You have it BACKWARDS. The US tried to RESTORE the monarchy.
You need education. Start with POTUS Grover Cleveland, Liliuokalani's personal friend.
You’re living in the past. My Chamorro family don’t cry like Hawaiians do about the past. We moved on and live our life.
@@frankiej510 your Chamorro ancestors rolled over and took up the butt by the western world since the 1600s. Hawaii was its own sovereign nation till just before the 20th century and we had to be overthrown illegally to give up our lands. So yeah, if your Chamorro family bitched about the same things we do… they’d just be bitches. Because they didnt share the same experiences
@@frankiej510 The chamorro people were never of an internationally recognized sovereign country, you weren’t unified under one leader, you didn’t have a constitution, a government, a national currency, a healthcare system, a military, schools, etc etc, you weren’t a country, and in accordance to international law you COULD be colonized and settled because you didn’t go through the process of proving you were capable of self governance (because you WERENT capable of self governance) which meant countries like Spain, the US, Germany were able to take control and govern you. You were never your own country.
The Hawaiian Kingdom on the other hand gained international sovereign recognition in 1843 and became a legal country, therefore in accordance to international law we could only be taken over through a treaty. We never signed a treaty with the US (or anyone) wherein we relinquished our sovereignty and agreed to be absorbed into that country. THATS ILLEGAL, it’s a war crime.
Get it? What happened to you, was completely legal… immoral, yes, but it WAS legal. What happened to The Hawaiian Kingdom was ILLEGAL.
PS: Every chamorro I’ve ever met was a HUGE cry baby 😂, always whining about how you were done wrong, how you’re treated unfairly, how you have to work harder than everyone else… all the while living off of welfare, section 8, medicaid and food stamps paid for by people who ACTUALLY work, from a country you aren’t even part of. And you have the nerve to say chamorro don’t cry 😂🤣😂, you do literally nothing BUT cry.
CheeeHuuu...I don't blame you but brace yourself....these mainlanders probably will be flipping the USA (that includes you) into communism. 🙆
Mahalo nui loa, you did an amazing job with this first video. I love how you're showing how Hawai'i is more than just a tourist destination. Hilo is definitely a special place. I'm looking forward to seeing Day 2 & 3.
I’m not even Hawaiian and I’m getting so emotional watching this. Such a beautiful place and culture ❤🥹
Wow what a privilege you have our local taking care of you and showing you the roots of Hilo. Having Uncle Sig to take you around and talk with you while you're in his store is very rare. You are very lucky to have gotten that special treatment right on. I love it! Mahalo for coming to Hilo, Mahalo to our local family for showing him around, taking him to Merrie Monarch, our old school Hilo town. All around it is amazing. Great video Markian. Represent 96720! Aloha a hui hou!
“50% Hawaiian, like to flex that” 😂👏🏼👏🏼 def a flex these days haha
Flex dat.😅
I’ve always been very into names MEANING something. Not only meaning something special to that person, but grounding them to the environment, culture, this world.. anything. I think cultures who having naming systems like this are on to something, but I’d like the perspective of those from them. I’ve only ever heard it be cherished by Hawaiians. I think it’s cool also getting to have nicknames or multiple names in general. I’ve always been one for that. I just think it’s cool.
This is awesome. This kid got an awesome experience. Hope he can take this experience and share it with people that live in his area. I appreciate that this dude did not appear to get offended by some of the honesty that was shared with him. Growing up in Hawaii there is respect of the people, respect of the land, and respect of the culture. If you cannot agree into any of these things then you can never be a local.
Thank you for doing this! When I went back home last summer, it was saddening to see how tourists acted in Hawaii. Like they treated it like it was some different country and can act like there were no rules. People who really come to Hawaii should learn the culture and respect the land and people.
Thank you for watching! The problem in my eyes is a lack of education and a lack of access to the right information. I visited Hawaii before this trip but I had no idea how the locals felt. I didn't know where to learn about it. I hope this series can be a place where foreigners are exposed to local Hawaiian culture 🤙
It IS a different country! We were ILLEGALLY annexed, that means we were never part of America but rather are still OCCUPIED by America to this day.
Tourists are the reason most poeple on the island have jobs...
@@VvvnimaL Not even remotely true, only 242,392 people out of our 1.442 million population work in the tourism sector. That’s nowhere near “most people”. Local businesses outside of tourist zones have always been reliant mainly on locals, not tourists.
Tourism promotes people moving here, which heavily contributes to those tourists becoming residents and competing with locals for jobs and housing, resulting in Hawaiians and locals being displaced and forced out… meaning tourism HURTS “most” locals far more than it benefit us.
@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom 242,392 is a lot out of 1.4million. Fail to see the taxes that come with that too that go back into the state. You can't deny that Hawaii relies on it as much as you don't like it. How about all the imports you need too?
you went to hilo at the most perfect time. i was in hilo the same weekend and i could FEEL the mana the second i stepped off the plane and the smell of the beautiful flowers emanated throughout the entire town. it’s a special special place and you witnessed a special time. 🖤
I’m a Filipino born and raised in Hawaii. My closest friends are part Hawaiian. The others parts are Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Portuguese, Caucasian etc…but when you ask what ethnicity they are, they say only Hawaiian. My kids are part Hawaiian, but have more of the American culture in them.
The "14 second" explanation part brought tears. It isn't enough to explain the pain our ancestors went through, but it hit my heart.
Mahalo nui for coming to Hawai'i and showing the world what we are really about. 💯🤙🏽❤️
It's misinformation.
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Technically the law made English the instruction language for publicly funded schools. I expect the missionaries that ran private schools did the same thing. I think most people had it bad in 1898. Mine were being starved by the British in Ireland, on the receiving end of violence, their language changed as well and other ancestors about to be engaged in a revolution/war in Poland. Thank goodness the Korean and Chinese went to Hawaii. It was about to get really bad in both those countries. If Japan bought Hawaii or succeeded in the match of royals with Hawaiian Princess and Japanese Prince would the axis powers taken part of mainland with Japan closer to US mainland to carry out an attack? Instead of Pearl Harbor would Japan have used Hawaii as a base and bombed LA instead? Would Japan leave Hawaiian’s to be Hawaiian today? Or would they all need to be Japanese or second class citizens in Japan like the Korean’s and others brought into the ‘empire’ between 1905-1945? Japan would have built have built their sort of buildings and infrastructure to the place like they did all the places they annexed as they pleased.
This is so special.. thank you for sharing my home, my people, my culture and our history. Your day one had so many influential people on just the Big Island.. Merrie Monarch is such an amazing festival and not having it during the peaks of COVID was so heartbreaking to our community. Excited for Day 2 and 3!
I started tearing up when they were getting the Alola shirts. Made me realize that I am sheltered and have zero knowledge in cultures. I am adopted & have never bonded or even attempted to acknowledge my cultural background. Im hoping to learn from Markian
I love this series, and learning about different cultures. I can say when the black national anthem plays there is that same feeling within my culture(African American). It's ours it wasn't given to us. When we take time to learn about others we find there is uniqueness, but we share similar experiences.
Beautiful home, beautiful family, beautiful souls that warmed my heart and brought tears to my eyes.
Kamaka is amazing. Ive followed him for a long time basically since before his race to 50k. You picked another great person for this. Plus....He is beautiful!!!! In so many ways!
Awesome video bradda. Mahalo’s for taking in our culture. You got to experience what most tourists would never experience. The real Hawaii.
Nice experience on your first day! I lived in Oaho Hawaii for 8 years and I love and respect their culture! I do have relatives living in Hawaii and have embraced the aloha spirit
My palala! We miss you already 🤙🏽
I miss you all too!
brah, can you tell me the band at the music festival party? I am on Oahu and driving me crazy that I cannot remember them. Mahalo!
@@kapioleilanionalanielua Kaʻikena
@@kpaukeaho6180 Mahalo!
ALOHA KAMAKA ❣JOB WELL DONE IN SHARING YOUR 🤙"ALOHA SPIRIT" with ACTION👍👍YOU & YOUR FAMILY ARE TRULY BLESSED.
AMEN❣
❤H A W A I I A N H E R O E S❤
How awesome it was to see you embrace their culture 🤙🏼I've always wanted to see the hula performance for years, but never got to. I'm from Guam but moved to Cali. If you ask if I'm American, I proudly say Chamorro👋💯❤️ Now back to your videos, thanks for sharing. I'm homesick 🥺😥
Love this guy! My dad was born and raised big island Laupāhoehoe! Although i grew up mainland my grandmother and grandfather and all of my aunties, unkos and cousins who came here in 1958 made sure that we didn't forget. I was lucky because i was the only girl of my grandmothers grandchildren so it was left on me. I was so lucky to learn about home through song, hula, story and COOKING! As we got older we would fly to Oahu and my mom and dad would leave us there every summer while they went home! I'm so blessed to have had the best of both worlds! Mahalo to this family for bringing this keed to Hawaii and giving him a crash course! I wish EVERYONE would take this kind of crash course not only in native Hawaiian culture BUT any culture that you are not familiar with! I wish people could understand it happened to us just as it happened to the native americans here on da mainland!
We didn't want to be made part of the US!
This video gives me hope
and i love that these kids can correctly speak hawaiian and understand their land and culture it's so AWESOME! i'm just smiling ear to ear!
They are so friendly and the hospitality is amazing - Hawaii is definately on my bucket list
as a native hawaiian, this video made me so happy to watch.
You're really a modern day anthropologist with this series haha love it
Not Hawaiian but I’m Pacific Islander. Really enjoyed the video, happy you also included conversations about the colonization of Hawai’i. Also Cheehoo is something all islanders do lol
Mahalo for showing a different, non-touristy perspective of Hawaii.
I absolutely love this video 💕💕💕 As a South Asian with very little information on Hawai'i, I am so glad I watched. It has made me want to visit and learn more about the culture and meet the beautiful people. Whenever I go anywhere, I love to learn the language (or try) and explore the 'real' area. Thank you Markian for the enlightenment. Aloha
I’m from Big Island, Hawai’i and to see you understand the Hawaiian culture makes me proud
I loved that you guys went on the topic of having our island stolen ! And I’m glad that they took you and showed you our beautiful island I’m glad you had fun and that someone showed interest in the big island
Lov it. I am a person that really loves and enbraces different cultures which is why I think this is awesome. Best to you.
Thank you for learning and understanding our culture. Not everyone trys to do what you did. I'm Filipino, Chinese-Hawaiian.
I’ve been living in Hawaii for the last 3 years. One of my closest friends is Hawaiian she has been teaching me Hawaiian and Hula for the last 2.5 years. The video is very similar how my friend shares her culture. My family has a mixed culture of English, Cuban and Sicilian. So at the same time I am teaching her mine. I’ve seen so much more than most individuals. It’s the best way because I can now teach other people what is Hawaiian vs Local culture. There needs to be more videos like this to keep the culture alive.
hoʻomaikaʻi i ka poʻe a pau e wehe aʻe e aʻo i ka moʻomeheu ʻē aʻe a kaʻana like i ko lākou ʻike. 🤙🏼
watching these vids by you makes me question if I am really passionate about the country I stay in
I appreciate the reflection and what drives me the most is understanding people’s perspectives from different backgrounds. The question about being American is the same for all of them but the answers are different. Having all the information allows you to make the most informed decision on your American-ness 😊🇺🇸
Oh you're back!! I absolutely loved your 24hrs in different culture series🤩
Me too!
One of the best you’ve done. Thank you for bringing this to everyone.
Amazing episode!!!!! Can’t wait for next week
Mahalo for embracing and perpetuating our culture.
I love you and your Smile Squad Family! I’m so happy you finally came to my home, Hawai’i! Thank you for taking the time to truly embrace everything in the islands from the hospitality, food, culture, land and even the truth of all Hawaiians. I’m just a local raised in Hawaii as a Micronesian, but I’m glad you truly see first hand the real beautiful life of hawaii that I grew up! I died laughing at the certificate! I got hella jealous of you getting the real authentic aloha shirt! Even spoiled to get it handpicked by the owner himself plus not paying?! Let’s not forget you get to see our favorite local artists right after merrie monarch?! I heard “merry monarch” and thought “OMG THIS GUY GOING FOR THE REAL HAWAIIAN EXPERIENCE! HES EVEN SEEING REAL HULA; NOT COMMERICALIZE HULA!! OH THIS GONNA BE EPIC FOR HIM! AND EPIC FOR ME TO WATCH!😂😭👏” I’m over the roof happy for you Markian! Because you are 3rd (world) child, I always was fascinated to follow you since! I married a Latino so your Spain roots got me mixed up when you’re not even Spanish. So I had to follow you! Now I see you traveling but for learning your American side. I hope it’s all an incredible journey you can’t forget👏😇
Thank
You guys for being straight up with this guy,
Yessah brada Kamaka 🙏🏽 grew up in Hilo and played soccer with Kamaka in our younger years. Thank you for shining a light on our unique experience as a Native Hawaiian living in Murica. I always tell mainland people, you may be a haole based off your physical appearance but you can be a local at heart as long as you show respect and live aloha 🤙🏾
There's no native Hawaiians. Your people came from the South Pacific.. they didn't fly here but they took a boat...
@@SeanD808 Depends on your meaning of the word "native". You are right that folks called "native Hawaiian" are descended from ancestors who were foreign settlers from the South Pacific who colonized Hawaii. But the word "native" refers to BIRTH, as in pre-natal, natal, post-natal, nativity, nature, natural, nation, national. Everyone is BORN so everyone is a "native". We are all natives of the place we are born. (The planet Earth.) 😁
@@SeanD808 thanks for the history lesson
@@SeanD808 But you would consider animals that reached the islands thousands of years ago natives. Shaddap lol
@@SeanD808 You gotta be a haole😂😂😂
Much respect braddah 🤙🏾🔥❤️ cheeehooo see we need more influencers like you to show the real Hawaii and how we really feel 🙏🏾 aloha braddah
being hapa haole, it's so beautiful to see someone embracing the culture. and it's amazing to see you learning about our history and it's such a heartwarming experience.
02:48 I live in San Diego and Ti plants are found here in many gardens and for sale… and in most places with suitable climates. They’re just usually sold under their taxonomic name _Cordyline_ or _Cordyline fruticosa_ for Ti plant specifically. But they’re common in Southern California, Florida, and possibly other places in the south US. And you’ll def see them in Mexico, all over Latin America, the Caribbean, Australia, Asia… they’re often seen in red or multicolored forms.
watching this made me teary eyed. although I'm not Hawaiian, I am polynesian and I just love how much you've respected the culture and were willing to be educated. Its pretty rare nowadays and I just loved feeling the respect and aloha from just this mini series !
There's SOOO many beautiful behind the meaning with everything your culture involves oneself and as a community in, truly, soul-beautiful
I'm glad I found this channel. I really like his personality and vibe.
Wow I’m happy you talked about the dark past, and the situation surrounding it all.
I love this!! So happy that you were able to visit our home!!
Wahhhh. Thanks for this!! I’m curious what would’ve happened on the other islands honestly :)
Please make more videos!!!
I loved this video I’ve been watching your videos lately. But this just makes me want to go back to hawai’i even more. I loved the people and the scenery. But can’t wait to learn more from the locals.
I am so glad you enjoyed your stay in Hilo!
Especially during Merrie Monarch.
A hui hou and hugs!
Although you may not be Hawaiian if you do not have Hawaiian blood, Hawaiians see EVERYONE as family and this 'ohana definitely sees you as their own now. I am SOOO proud to be Hawaiian, every single day, but nothing makes me more proud than to see my culture shared (correctly) with others and for it to be received CORRECTLY with so much love and gratitude!!! It is true, we do have a difficult time accepting foreigners onto our land (even to visit) because of all that was taken from us. After years of oppression, we have felt the need to protect our culture from the clutches of the modern world, but we were always meant to enlighten and share. That has always been integrated into our culture and seeing this video makes me hopeful that we can one day get to a place of sharing our lives with the world without risk of it being taken or tainted like before. Mahalo nunui for creating this series and letting your world have a glimpse of ours, in the best light. OLA!!!
wow i love this video so much, I recently moved to hilo for college in hopes to provide food more affordably out here. I love the aloha spirit everyone is so beautiful and kind here. I am so grateful, the people in this video seem so awesome.
Hawaii has always fascinated me and I would love to visit! The people seem so great.
You're on the news! hawaii news now is giving you a spot light
i love that you went to Big Island. not much youtubers come here and especially not to Hilo. much mahalos
Love how u travel to learn different culture… u should visit guam 🇬🇺 too 😁😁
I’m local Filipino born and raise Hawaii from Kona side Markian wow you with some true Braddahs over there some good ppls fo bringing you in like that. It is true in the islands we don’t view ourselves as Americans we just know we are bc of our government and that we are a state of the United States. I’ve been to 23 countries I am glad Hawaii is part of America bc of what I’ve seen in the world. We in Hawaii have the best of both worlds in my view as far as when it comes to our life style. We have the infrastructure that America brings that can be good and bad and we have the cultures of Hawaii first the Hawaiian then the Asian Spanish and Caucasian. I live in the mainland now and seeing this vid made me miss home and the ono grinds, ohana and all that is Hawaii. You getting it better then tourist.
Ou te matua fiafia lava i lenei vitio. E ui lava ou te le o se Hawaii, ae ou te talisapaia lou tuuina mai o ni malamalamaaga i o'u uso Polenisia! E ofoofogia! O a'u o Samoa ma Amerika! Alofa i la'u aganuu!
Nothing but love!
so awesome to see my ‘ohana on this video. Kawika Lewis Makana Lewis Kainalu lewis and Hilo Boy and Tee tee girl❣️ Great job teaching you about real Hawai’i and all of ‘ʻāina university in Hilo also you are awesome Markian being so open to our Hawaiian culture🤙🏽🥰
Jones is one of my family bloodlines here on Oahu! Maybe we are cousins! I have lots of cousins in Hilo, but the Jones name is too far back for any of us to have it. If you look up Wikipedia, William Claude Jones, that’s my great great grandfather. But we have other family bloodlines from Kailihao on Maui, Lono on Big Island and Holt/Stillman on Oahu.
love to see this. That family was so welcoming.
Them singing the american anthem even here… gave me chills something ain’t right and then to play the american befor hawai’i I can understand the derogatory names
Thank you Braddah for asking a most important question and serving the truth. Aloha 🤙🏽
I miss home.. I had goosebumps when they sang Hawai’i Pono’i ❤❤❤
This is so awesome!! I remember he did free jobs just to for his debit! Great guy!!
ive always wanted to live in hawaii since i was young or just go there for a little vacation but ive always known that the locals dont like it when main landers come. so i just view the beauty from afar :)
as a life-long resident of Hawai'i (over 50 years), I wholeheartedly approve of this video. respect.
Dude, that ice shave looked DELICIOUS! Oh my god, that’s unbelievable.
Dude you got the best experience!!! It’s so hard to even get tickets to the Merrie Monarch!!! And then at the street concert!!!
This is truly a blessing thank you for these videos about people's different culture. I can't wait to see more, bless your heart for this.
Beautiful show case of local culture markian! Aloha ❤️
yay he finally posted again les go🎉
this makes me so emotional esp when the party said normalize hawaiian language. gives me goosebumps.
So true. My name is
Makahi pomaika'i olei makani ike keiki ikaika oka naauao pai.
Blessed is the one and only son that brings strength and wiadom with the circling wind.
I don’t why I’m crying 😭 this is amazing ❤
i bought my boyfriend a sig zane aloha shirt for christmas/his birthday and the shirt i bought was 150+ bucks. it’s a very nice gesture that he gave you that BEAUTIFUL aloha shirt. 🖤🖤
As a Hawaiian I enjoy people showing there life style and learning Hawaiian culture
I don’t really have a Hawaiian name but I have a middle name in Hawaiian it’s (pomaika’i) i think it means blessing and fortune blessed
Hawaii has limited land for agriculture and manufacturing which means that a significant portion of the food and consumer goods needs to be shipped from other places. This heavy reliance on imports leads to higher transportation cost which are passed on to consumers. The state also depends heavily on tourism that also raises the cost of living
Ive lived in oahu my whole life but just recently revisted Hilo since the last time I went I was 2 and let me tell you Hilo opened my eyes to what a hawaiin culture truly was it also made me realize what my parents where talking about how hawaii had changed since oahu is much more urban and concrete than Hilo the trip is soemthing I would do again 100%
I grew up in Hawaii my whole life, and I never heard anyone call it ice shave. 🤙🏽😂
Wow, never seen someone frame Bill Clinton's apology.
I am both Hawaiian and Native American, and was born homeless in Hawaiʻi the same year of 1993, despite being one of the direct descendants of David Malo. Still trying to find out what my land rights are as rent rises to NYC rates.
On that heavy note, want to lighten up and say this video made me smile big and laugh a lot. The respect shown here is amazing, thank you for coming out here and making these videos!!
Do your genealogy, find your lineal RP’s if you have any and then get ready for the fight of your life… the fraudulent “state of Hawai’i” doesn’t like to give us our lands back because all these non-Hawaiians are living on OUR stollen lands.
I’m Latino with mostly indigenous descent & I see how he feels connected to his native land the same way I feel connected with my native land which is not just Central America because I’m Nicaraguan but the entire American landmass as a whole since it was my ancestors the first men to walk and adapt to this continent, our creation story is also similar to native Hawaiians since it is said that all mesoamericans are the children of the corn because the gods used every part of the plant to create us humans and gave us the crop to feed ourselves.
Love the Hawaii episodes 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Wow these videos are very informative. Love the "adoption document" u made them sign!😅
Very well put together. You welcome back to the islands anytime my braddah 🤙
Thats awesome, you should try farm life family in the midwest or something. That also would be so awesome to see