Sunday, January 09, 2005

Hawaii (Lilo and Stich)

I finally finished off the remainning Lilo and Stich. The stich finally become more cuter. The DVD has got good extra features about the Hawaii for ex and here is what i learnt after seeing that movie.

There are 8 main island in Hawaii

Ohama means family and no one gets left behind
Hula is the traditional dance of Hawaii
Oahu
Has some of the best waves in pacific and the capital of Hawaii called Honolulu.
Maui
Name of Guitar is "Ukulele"
Luau is a dance of Hawaii Ahaina
IPu is a percussion instrument
Pahu Drum
Lei is a garland of flower, leaf, shell, paper.
Mu'u Mu'u is a bright colored dress

Kauai is also called as garden island
It grows a lot of fruits including pineapples. It has lot of rains and there are some spectaclular waterfalls here

Lana'i
It is also called pineapple island. There is warm water and one can see excellent view of hump bacck whale. There are lots of coral reefs and it sustain on algae. There are big sea turtules and are called honu. Also one can find 4 type of dolphines around this island.

There is 9th island being formed which will show up in 10,000 yrs

Molokai
South is flat and north has tall vertical cliffs and great waterfall. Residents are decendants of polynesians. It was discovered by Captain Cook. Hawaian cowboys are called "Paniolos"

Big Island
It still has two active volcanoes. There are two type of lava A'a and Pahoehoe. A'a is more type spiny and Pahahoe is smoother.

Aloha (means bye)
Sumant

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