HOT LINKS TO COOL HAWAIIAN SITES

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Hawaiian Language Dictionaries and Translators
Cultural, Educational and Art Museums
Surfing and other Water Sports
The Gods and Mythology of Hawai'i
Hawaiian Cultural Arts
Hawai'i Lifestyle, Local News & Sports
Local Web Cams
Just for the Keiki (Kids)

Hawaiian Language Dictionaries and Translators

INTERNET ISLAND	Mo’o and Lolo’s Online Hawaiian Dictionary, provided by the Honolulu Advertiser Newspaper. Includes an English to Hawaiian Name Translator, Hawaiian Baby Names, Hawaiian Pet Names, and much more.
KUALONO	An English/Hawaiian – Hawaiian/English dictionary for translating single words.
DA KINE	A brief but accurate Hawaiian Pidgin dictionary. Hawaiian Pidgin is loosely based on English, Hawaiian, Japanese, and Chinese.

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Cultural, Educational and Art Museums

HAWAI'I MARITIME CENTER	Hawaii's World-Class Maritime Museum.
THE BISHOP MUSEUM	Hawaii’s most extensive museum with exhibits of everything from A to Z and much more. A planetarium too!
HONOLULU ACADEMY OF ARTS	Hawaii’s premier arts institution and one of the finest art museums in the United States.
HAWAIIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY	Founded in 1892, the Hawaiian Historical Museum is dedicated to preserving historical materials relating to Hawai'i and the Pacific region and to publishing scholarly research on Hawaiian and Pacific history. In addition, the Society presents lectures and other programs, free to the public, on various aspects of Hawaiian history.
THE CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM	The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, is the only museum in the state of Hawai'i devoted exclusively to contemporary art.
HAWAI'I ARMY MUSEUM	Once a bastion built to protect Hawai'i from invading forces, today it houses a Museum telling the military story of Hawai'i from ancient times up to the Vietnam War. Each of these hostilities is covered graphically in separate displays with photographs and sound effects creating a "you are there" experience.
MISSION HOUSES MUSEUM	Step back in time to experience the social history of early 19th-century Hawai'i and the cultural encounter of Hawaiians, missionaries, and other foreigners in the heart of historic downtown Honolulu.
THE HONOLULU ZOO	Home to 1,230 mammals, birds & reptiles, this is a wonderful user-friendly site with lots of interaction…great for kids too.
THE WAIKIKI AQUARIUM	The Waikiki Aquarium, founded in 1904, is the third oldest public aquarium in the United States. A part of the University of Hawai'i since 1919, the Aquarium is located next to a living reef on the Waikiki shoreline. - Exhibits, programs, and research focus on the aquatic life of Hawaii and the tropical Pacific. Over 420 species of aquatic animals and plants. Great site for kids.
MUSEUM STUFF	Contains a list of 56 Hawai'i museums and related organizations throughout the state of Hawai'i. It is continually updated, with links to the web sites of museums and organizations that have their own pages on the Internet. For those without a site, a brief description and information about visiting them is provided.

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Surfing and other Water Sports

THE KELE	Holo Holo Hawai'i`i Marine & Ocean Sports News – Surfing, Windsurfing, Sailing, Canoeing, Diving, and Fishing news. Plus links to the web sites of all the yacht clubs in Hawaii.
THE HISTORY OF SURFING	Probably the first description of surfing ever recorded in the history of this popular and natively Hawaiian Sport...from the Journal of Captain King, Cook's Voyages, March 1779, three months after the death of Captain Cook. Provided by Coffeetimes.com
VANS TRIPLE CROWN OF SURFING	Official web site of the Vans Triple Crown, the premiere annual surfing event in Hawai'i.

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The Gods and Mythology of Hawai'i

HAWAIIAN GODS AND GODDESSES	A brief description of each of the major Hawaiian Gods and Goddesses.
IN THE BEGINNING	In the beginning in Hawaiian mythology, Po was a vast, empty land, a dark abyss where only one life form dwelled. This was the spirit of Keawe. So begins a fascinating description of Hawaii's ancient Mythology and Gods.
PELE	In modern times, Pele has become the most visible of all the old gods and goddesses. Dwelling in the craters of the Big Island's Kilauea Volcano, she has been sending ribbons of fiery lava down the mountainside and adding new land around the southeastern shore almost continuously since 1983.
HUNA	Huna is the healing and spiritual shamanism of ancient Hawai'i. In Hawai'i, the teaching of Huna was originally called Ho'omana (to make "Mana", or life force energy). Visit Huna.com's page on the evolution of the ancient Hawaiian Gods and Goddesses.

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Hawaiian Cultural Arts

NA KAPUNA	Describes many of the ancient cultural arts of the Hawaiian People.
STRING FIGURES	Think using a loop of string on your fingers to make a ‘Cat’s Cradle’ is just an idle pastime? Think again! Check out this site for a wealth of information on the Hawaiian Healing Art of ‘Hei’.
KAPA	The artistic beauty of the cloth made of pounded bark, Kapa making is an art that once spanned the Pacific, but it reached perfection in Polynesia.
KONA KAPA	Beautiful, traditional Hawaiian quilts from a local business that has provided poverty stricken women in Thailand a chance to escape low paying jobs at factories. We heartily support this company’s efforts. And you will appreciate these beautiful hand-made quilts, designed in Hawai'i and hand stitched in Thailand.
TIKIS and WOOD CARVING	Take a look at these beautiful Tiki carvings, and read about the Polynesian Gods they represent.
LEIS	All about lei-making. When you visit this site, scroll to the bottom of the page and link to photos of dozens lei styles.
MORE ABOUT LEIS	Another page from the above site with a brief article about the traditional aspect of leis and some great photographs.
HULA	Hula isn't’t just a dance…the ancient art of Hula is also the ancient art of story-telling, and each Hula tells a story. Stories as complex as how the Gods created the Islands to stories as simple as a boy and girl falling in love. This is a great site for those interested in learning about the history, and the meaning of Hula.

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Hawai'i Lifestyle, Local News & Sports

ALOHA WORLD	It's the Internet home especially designed for Hawaiians living on the mainland & Hawaiians-at-heart worldwide. Broke Da Mout' recipes... talk-story... how you git all da kine stuff you no got so fah from heah! In other words, a simply wonderfully HAWAIIAN place, out here in the middle of cyberspace.
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT	The Official University of Hawai'i Athletics Department Web Site. Find out all the latest about The UH Rainbow Warriors (Men’s Sports) and Rainbow Wahine (Women’s Sports).
HAWAI'I SPORTS NETWORK	All Sports web site for local high schools.
ALOHA FAME	The Hawai'i Sports Hall of Fame and Cyber Museum.
INTERNET ISLAND	Check out what’s happening in Local News, Sports and Events at Hawaii News Resources. Everything from Hawaii's Newspapers, Radio Stations and Television Stations can be found here!

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Local Web Cams

CITY AND BEACHES	City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii provides City and Beach Live Web Cams.
HAWAII LIVE	Provided by the Sheraton Hotel on beautiful Waikiki Beach, take a look at these Live Beach Web Cams from Waikiki, Poipu and Princeville on Kauai, and two locations at Ka'anapali on Maui.

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Just for the Keiki (Kids)

ENCHANTED LAKE SCHOOLS	Join students from the Enchanted Lake Schools and learn about Hawai'i and it’s endangered species.
CYBERSLEUTH KIDS	Lots of sites about the Hawaiian Islands especially for kids who want to learn about our state. Pictures, games, endangered species, photo-sites, and much more.
HAWAI'I PLANTS AND FLOWERS	Learn about Hawaii’s flora at this site created by Kamehameha Middle School students.
THE WAIKIKI AQUARIUM	With over 420 species of aquatic animals and plants, a Shark Cam, a Monk Seal Cam, and lots of interaction.
THE HONOLULU ZOO	Home to 1,230 mammals, birds & reptiles , this is a wonderful user-friendly site with lots of interaction.

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