A stranger unaccustomed
to such a sight might find in it something wonderful and hence
supernatural.]
CHAPTER XIII
[Footnote 47: A strict taboo between man and woman forbade eating
together on ordinary occasions. Such were the taboo restrictions that a
well-regulated, household must set up at least six separate houses: a
temple for the household gods, _heiau_; an eating house for the men,
_hale mua_, which was taboo to the women; and four houses especially for
the women--the living house, _hale noa_, which the husband might enter;
the eating house, _hale aina_; the house of retirement at certain
periods, which was taboo for the husband, _hale pea_; and the _kua_,
where she beat out tapa. The food also must be cooked in two separate
ovens and prepared separately in different food vessels.]
[Footnote 48: The place of surf riding in Hawaiian song and story
reflects its popularity as a sport. It inspires chants to charm the sea
into good surfing--an end also attained by lashing the water with the
convolvulus vine of the sea beach; forms the background for many an
amorous or competitive adventure; and leaves a number of words in the
language descriptive of the surfing technique or of the surf itself at
particular localities famous for the sport, as, for example, the
"Makaiwa crest" in Moikeha's chant, or the "Huia" of this story.
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