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Māhū in Native Hawaiian and Tahitian cultures are people who embody both male and female spirit. [1] They have traditional spiritual and social roles within the culture, similar to Tongan fakaleiti and Samoan fa'afafine. [2]
The tradition of Kapaemahu, like all pre-contact Hawaiian knowledge, was orally transmitted. [11] The first written account of the story is attributed to James Harbottle Boyd, and was published by Thomas G. Thrum under the title “Tradition of the Wizard Stones Ka-Pae-Mahu” in the Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1907, [1] and reprinted in 1923 under the title “The Wizard Stones of Ka-Pae ...
All were “mahu” — a Hawaiian term for people with dual male and female spirit and a mixture of gender traits. “It's a little different from other drag shows because this one has a very ...
In 2020, Wong-Kalu directed, produced and narrated Kapaemahu, [24] an animated short film based on the Hawaiian story of four legendary māhū who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai'i and imbued their powers on giant boulders that still stand on Waikiki Beach after the introduction of the U.S. government and tourism.
Kapaemahu recounts an ancient Hawaiian legend about four spirits: Kapaemahu, Kapuni, Kinohi, and Kahaloa. Each spirit was mahu, meaning they embodied both feminine and masculine aspects in mind, heart, and spirit; they also possessed unique healing abilities: Kapaemahu healed through touch, Kapuni addressed spiritual healing, Kinohi could diagnose ailments, and Kahaloa could heal from a distance.
Kapaemahu is a 2020 animated short film produced and directed by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson with director of the animation Daniel Sousa.It is based on the long-hidden history of four healing stones on Waikiki Beach placed there as a tribute to four legendary mahu who first brought the healing arts to Hawaii. [1]
Hina Wong-Kalu is a māhū - a Native Hawaiian kumu (teacher), activist and cultural icon. She lives her life "in the middle", in between the traditional ways of Hawaii's indigenous, third gender, māhū culture, and as a modern transgender person in contemporary Hawaii, trying to preserve and pass on the indigenous culture to the younger generations.
Mahu may refer to: Māhū, third gender person in some Polynesian cultures; Mahu (noble), ancient Egyptian official of the 18th Dynasty; Mahu (official), ancient Egyptian official of the 19th Dynasty; Mahu, Estonia, village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia; Mahu, Mingin, village in Sagaing Region of western Myanmar (Burma)