Anyone studying democratization knows that’s quite a rare move to relinquish any type of potential power, but Lunalilo was popular and became the first elected monarch, hence why he is referred to as “The People’s King”pic.twitter.com/AmzUfuFWG4
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Anyone studying democratization knows that’s quite a rare move to relinquish any type of potential power, but Lunalilo was popular and became the first elected monarch, hence why he is referred to as “The People’s King”pic.twitter.com/AmzUfuFWG4
Today, school children gathered at his tomb at Kawaiahao church where he is entombed. They spoke and sang in Ōlelo and offered Hoʻokupu. When Lunalilo came to power the Hawaiian population was declining rapidly and American sugar barrons were increasing their power.
The colonizers that eventually overthrew the sovereign kingdom were trying to eliminate the people and their culture. The language was disappearing, hula was considered immoral. They attempted to portray Hawaiians as backward.
But at the time the sovereign Kingdom of Hawai’i had already enacted universal education and had literacy rates the highest in the world. The highest newspaper circulation per capita. Established international relationships with nearly every major power.
The language did nearly disappear, but today 146 years after his death the number of learners and speakers of ʻŌlelo is at an all time high since the overthrow. Immersion schools are expanding. 3 year olds were standing up speaking about Lunalilo only in ʻŌlelo
So here’s to Lunalilo and for Hawaiians to have their right to their language, culture, history, and self determination on their own lands, much of which they cannot even access due to militarization.
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