I came across this website that has legends and myths from around the world. In the pacific section it give an insite as to Polynesian migration told through our own stories. Now I aint saying that this is totally true, but it gives an insite as to where our ancestors said to have come from.
A little introduction of the article goes on by saying that the Malays followed the Polynesians and not the other way around, and that we Polynesians pre-date the Malay. The article suggests that we may be of Aryan origin coming to the pacific via India or Arabia. We arrived and stayed for a long period of time in what is now the Molucca Islands (Maluku) and Java in Indonesia. The warlike Malay people drove a great number of Polynesians out from the region, thus scattering our people. Although not all Polynesians left the homeland, as stated in some Maori and Hawaiian legends stating that some people stayed behind. Wakea is said to be the one who lead the people out of Gilolo.
When Aoteroa was discovered, they sent boats back to the war stricken land to retrieve Polynesians to come to this new and beautiful land and settle here. Polynesians made many voyages and sometime were fought off by the darker races as in Australia, thus many set out on new voyages reaching as far as Hawaii, Easter Island and New Zealand. Although we did hold them off as in Fiji. The languages of Hawaii, Tahiti, Rapa Nui, Aotearoa, most harmonious with each other is said to be the purest form of our the Polynesian language.
As a young kanaka maoli, I have been taught by ko'u mau kupuna, that we as Hawaiians are very spiritual people. I do not solely believe in science, because our mo'olelo a me ke kumulipo are very much accurate than the haole mentality that has been driven into our po'o. I still have much more to learn and just wanted e hoolohe au ia kou mau mana'o. - Me ke aloha
Here is the link for thos of you who wish to read more about this topic.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/hloh/hloh05.htm
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My mana'o on migration span on the theory that this is a "small" world... we know Capt. Cook didnt discover Hawaii and Columbus the Americas but that is what is taught to us via text...in mo'olelo, there are many migrations...when we follow geneaology there are migrations not only from South Pacific, but more increasingly from the Pacific Northwest and Northeast... I think the recorded migrations are the one's that make it through history with a significant impact, but at the same time, Maoli or Maohi, or Maori all come from the same place... Polynesian is a scientific term for the traingle that was created in the pacific in the late 1800's... but our history spans further beyond, as the Maoli race we come from the Nation of the Great Ring of Fire.... we were already here. When other's migrated here, there was lots of interbreeding and push for power...the being the Non-Native Americans from America...ka po'e 'ilikea... in our so-called polynesian history....Pa'ao was the last to impact all of Polynesia... and brought about the order of Ku. This is when migration was recorded, because this is what the white people could relate to. But yes, in mo'olelo there are many migrations...today we have many means of travel like airplanes etc. but back then, they too had means of travel...but if one was to look at the traditions of our ancient Kahuna pre-pa'ao contact, you will find that the traditions were different..you can see the influence of hebrews as well as pre-hebrew and as far back as Mu. Be careful when researching Mu, many mystics are claiming fame and mana to Mu....
good luck on your journey to find balance and peace within you....when you arrive there, its awesome!!! a hui hou a malama kou piko....
me ha'aha'a nei!!!
I have just joined 'Maoli World' in search of similar!
My recent post suggests that you weren't fought off all over Australia cuz : )
Thanks for posting that site. Another informative site is : http://www.janeresture.com/index.htm
Me ke aloha
Ed
But Ikaika, you ended up summing it up perfectly when you said:
I do not solely believe in science, because our mo'olelo a me ke kumulipo are very much accurate than the haole mentality that has been driven into our po'o. I still have much more to learn and just wanted e hoolohe au ia kou mau mana'o.
This is pretty much my argument all the time with people. That although science is one part, we also have our oral traditions which are vital facts that tells us details of our ancestors, who they were by name, where they've been or where they originated from as well as other information on their lives.
I think it was in the late 90s that I came in contact with Maoris who shared their oral traditions which caused me to look further into a lot of our oral traditions that have been compiled into books. A lot of the information is there for us, but only recently, particularly with DNA science are they verifying what our oral traditions said all along.
As for the Haole mentality, I think you're referring to what I've also said, on how Haole style sees validation as any work done by an accredited professional and deemed to be reliable. Whether that professional may be wrong or does not tell the full truth is irrelevant. And we've seen this happen all the time when they come up with "new evidence." That usually happens because the 1st person who supposedly did the research or found the evidence that caused them to be credited with knowing all there is to know basically missed stuff the first time. And that's a fact. That's the Haole style.
Our style, we have stories passed on for generations. To the Haoles, it's considered unreliable b/c it was never written down. Yet their written info., if incorrect, perpetuates incorrect info., until "new evidence" can prove that it is incorrect.
And an important note: In Hawaiian, we have our mo'o'olelo which is passed on. Mo'o, as in succession, or even lineage in this case, coupled with 'olelo, language, speech, word, utterance. Now compare that to the Haole word - THEORY, which is a proposed explanation that is conjectural, speculation, guess, or propositions used as principles of an explanation. They may have their theories, but we have our moolelo.