Hawaiian By Birth

Native Hawaiians have many beliefs surrounding pregnancy and birth. For example, if a woman becomes ill during her pregnancy, her child will have a main nature. If she is troubled with constant nausea, he will not provide for her. After a birth, Native Hawaiians believe special care must be given to the placenta must be thoroughly washed so that the child will not suffer from sore eyes and then it must be buried. In olden days, a tree would be buried over the spot where the placenta was buried and under no circ The same kind of care applies to the It is supposed to be in the hands of the parents or guardians of a child until it can be deposited in some sacred or safe spot especially reserved for such an occasion. The paiko, as they call it, is salted and wrapped in a piece of native bark cloth or put into a bottle and carefully preserved. When a suitable occasion occurs, the paiko is taken by the parents to its final resting place and deposited securely in order to prevent it from being gnawed or eaten by rats or mice. If that happened, its owner would grow up to be a thief and a worthless character. When parents name their child, they give names that are interchangeable to a girl or a boy. A name is often given to a child to commemorate an event that happened at or about the time of its birth.