Casey2015/5/21BriefIntroductionNaturalSceneryLocalCustomsBriefIntroductionHistoryofHawaii:Between1778and1898,HawaiiwascalledSandwichIsland.ItwasmergedinUnitedStatesin1898.ItbecamethefiftiethstateintheUSin1959.Anothername:Alohastate.Meaning:Thelifeofthelandisperpetuatedinrighteousness.BriefIntroductionHawaiiistheonlystateoftheUnitedStatesthat:•ItisnotgeographicallylocatedinNorthAmerica.•Itgrowscoffee.•Itiscompletelysurroundedbywater.•Itisentirelyanarchipelago.•Ithasaroyalpalace.•Itdoesnothaveastraightlineinitsstateboundary.BriefIntroductionFlagSealStateflowerStatetreeNaturalScenery•Waikikibeach•Honolulu•RainbowFalls•PearlHarbor•MaunaLoaWaikikibeachWaikikiisfamousforthebestsurfingwavesonOahuIsland.HonoluluHonoluluisthecapitalofHawaiiissituatedhereonOahu.RainbowFallsRainbowFallsderivesitsnamefromthefactthat,onsunnymorningsaround10AM,rainbowscanbeseeninthemistthrownupbythewaterfall.PearlHarborThereisafamousfilmnamedPearlHarbor.MaunaLoaVolcanoMaunaLoahashistoricallybeenconsideredthelargestvolcanoonEarth.MaunaLoahasprobablybeeneruptingforatleast700,000years.LocalCustomsDancinghulaAlohaandgarlandOthercustomsDancingHulaAncienttime:toshowtherespectfortheGodNow:forentertainmentHuladancingisacomplexartform,andtherearemanyhandmotionsusedtorepresentthewordsinasongorchant.AlohaAndGarlandAlohaisnativelanguage.Itcanbeexplainedto'welcome'and'hello'.What'smore,alohacanalsorepresent‘Iloveyou'.Hawaiianalwaysbringgarlandswiththem.WhenHawaiianmeetacquaintancesorguests,theywillputagarlandaroundguests’necks.OthercustomsWhenyouareenjoyingfood,you’dbettersharefoodwithonewhositsnexttoyoutoshowpoliteness,regardlessofwhetheryouarefamiliarwithhimorher.IfparentsinHawaiiwanttogivechildrenalesson,theywillkickchildren’skneecapinsteadoftakingchildrenovertheirknees.Hawaiianbelieveheadisverysacred.Touchingother’sheadmeansoffenceanddisrespect.Hawaiiisthemostbeautifulandromanticislandsintheworld.Itisalsoaparadiseofhoneymoon,soifyouarefallinginlovewithsomeone,justtakeherorhimtoHawaii!