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Death Rites and Hawaiian Royalty: Funerary Practices in the Kamehameha and Kalakaua Dynasties, 1819-1953
Death Rites and Hawaiian Royalty Funerary Practices in the Kamehameha and Kalakaua Dynasties 18191953
Author: Ralph Thomas Kam
The bones of Hawaii's King Kamehameha the Great were hidden at night in a secret location. In contrast, his successor Kamehameha III had a half-mile-long funeral procession to the Royal Tomb watched by thousands. Drawing on missionary journals, government publications and Hawaiian and English language newspapers, this book describes changes in f...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781476668468
ISBN-10: 1476668469
Publication Date: 11/6/2017
Pages: 252
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Publisher: McFarland & Company
Book Type: Paperback
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