ʻAi Noa
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The ʻAi Noa, was a period of taboo-breaking which convulsed the Hawaiian Islands in October 1819. Women were allowed to eat forbidden food and to eat with men; the priests were no longer to offer huma
As depicted in Mark Twain's Roughing It, 1872
Kamehameha II
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Kamehameha II was the second king of the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1819 to 1824. His birth name was Liholiho and full name was Kalaninui kua Liholiho i ke kapu ʻIolani. It was lengthened to Kalani Kaleiʻ
ʻAi Noa
…human sacrifices; the many prohibitions surrounding the high chiefs were relaxed. Kamehameha I, the conqueror of the islands, had just died; his son Liholiho succeeded him (and was later known as King Kamehameha II). He came to power amid scenes of grief and licence. The usually strict rules of the Hawaiian…
Portrait of Kamehameha II, drawn by John Hayter, 1824.
The royal yacht Haʻaheo o Hawaiʻi
Sketch in London just before his death
In the royal box at London, 1824