Ralph Thomas Kam: 1 book
Death Rites and Hawaiian Royalty
Funerary Practices in the Kamehameha and Kalakaua Dynasties, 1819-1953
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2017
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...
