Incest was a big part of the Hawaiian culture, they believed that the body contained “mana” and the chiefs (ali’i) had the most. The chiefs family would breed with each other to keep the bloodline pure.
They would also secretly discard anything discarded from the body(toenails, hair, etc.) as they believed eating it would give someone else some of the mana from the chief.
On Kauai, the cliffs at Polihale are said to be where the chiefs bodies were buried and then those who buried them would jump off and kill themselves to keep the secret so they couldn’t be found!
Edit: I grew up in Hawaii as well! Can’t tell you where the states are but I can tel about the chiefs of Hawaii!
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Incest was a big part of the Hawaiian culture, they believed that the body contained “mana” and the chiefs (ali’i) had the most. The chiefs family would breed with each other to keep the bloodline pure.
They would also secretly discard anything discarded from the body(toenails, hair, etc.) as they believed eating it would give someone else some of the mana from the chief.
On Kauai, the cliffs at Polihale are said to be where the chiefs bodies were buried and then those who buried them would jump off and kill themselves to keep the secret so they couldn’t be found!
Edit: I grew up in Hawaii as well! Can’t tell you where the states are but I can tel about the chiefs of Hawaii!