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Coronation ceremony at ʻIolani Palace, 1883. Kalākaua and Kapiʻolani had been denied a coronation ceremony in 1874 because of the civil unrest following the election. Under Finance Chairman Gibson, the 1880 legislature appropriated $10,000 for a coronation. [80] Gibson was believed to be the main proponent behind the event.
[1] [2] The idea of a European-styled coronation and thus also a crown came to Kalākaua after his world tour. Crowns for both the king and queen were ordered from a London-based jeweller. [3] The crown was made out of gold with nearly an oval profile. It was decorated with golden kalo leaves as well as diamonds and other jewels.
On February 12, 1883, a formal European-style coronation ceremony was held, even though Kalākaua had reigned for nine years. The coronation pavilion officially known as Keliiponi Hale was later moved to the southwest corner of the grounds and converted to a bandstand for the Royal Hawaiian Band. [21]
The ceremony ended with the choir singing, and a prayer. A planned post-coronation reception by Kalākaua and Kapiʻolani was cancelled without advance notice. [44] Today, Kalākaua's coronation pavilion serves as the bandstand for the Royal Hawaiian Band. [48] That evening, the royal couple hosted a state dinner, and there was a luau at a ...
English: King Kalakaua's coronation ceremony in 1883. Date: 12 February 1883: Source: Hawaii State Archives. Call Number: PPWD-8-4-007.
As the kingdom's income rose, so did Kalākaua's expenditures (all figures given are Hawaiian dollars): this included $343,595 to build and furnish ʻIolani Palace; [103] a delayed coronation in excess of $50,000; [104] and a $75,000 public celebration of his 50th birthday. [105]
Kalākaua was successful in jump-starting new immigration, the first transplants arriving in Hawaii less than a year later. In the years that followed, he began emulating the lifestyles of European royalty with expensive furnishings in Iolani Palace, a public coronation for himself, and a two-week public celebration of his birthday.
In 1874 the Kalākaua Dynasty ascended to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, ending the Kamehameha Dynasty.On February 10, 1883, Keliʻiahonui was granted by letters patent the title of Prince and style of His Royal Highness by King Kalākaua along with his mother, brothers and aunt.