Kapu (Hawaiian culture)
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Kapu is the ancient Hawaiian code of conduct of laws and regulations. The kapu system was universal in lifestyle, gender roles, politics and religion. An offense that was kapu was often a capital offe
"Kapu" used on a "no trespassing" sign.
Kapu sign at the burial mound in Iolani Palace
Cat ignoring a kapu
Kapu sign for a mined area
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
Kapu (Hawaiian culture)
…Hawaiian religion ʻAi Noa Treif, a similar concept in Judaism…
As depicted in Mark Twain's Roughing It, 1872