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[[File:Pa'u Queen.jpg|thumb|200px|A Pāʻū queen in 2012]] |
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'''''Pāʻū riders''''' are the colorfully dressed, female, Hawaiian [[Equestrianism|equestrian]]s seen in parades and festivals throughout the [[Hawaiian Islands]].<ref name="Hughes2008">{{cite book|author=Elizabeth Blish Hughes|title=Explorer's Guide Hawaii's Big Island: A Great Destination|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=SSzs8dac-RQC&pg=PA125|date=1 December 2008|publisher=Countryman Press|isbn=978-1-58157-091-5|pages=125–}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The origins of this tradition are traced to just after the introduction of horses to Hawaii in 1803 by Captain Cleveland on his way from Southern California to China. It became a commons site to see men riding horses on the beach to attempt to overcome the stigma associated with the amount of food a horse required. The origins of the dress may be South American influences of woman who rode astride, not side saddle with a long dresses. |
The origins of this tradition are traced to just after the introduction of horses to Hawaii in 1803 by Captain Cleveland on his way from Southern California to China. It became a commons site to see men riding horses on the beach to attempt to overcome the stigma associated with the amount of food a horse required. The origins of the dress may be South American influences of woman who rode astride, not side saddle with a long dresses. Pāʻū in the Hawaiian language means ''skirt''.<ref name="Alameida1997">{{cite book|author=Roy Alameida|title=Stories of Old Hawaii|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=6h0pxYFSqnQC&pg=PA108|date=1 January 1997|publisher=Bess Press|isbn=978-1-57306-026-4|pages=108–}}</ref> Kamehameha The Great, at 67, learned to ride. Woman copied the men by riding horses as well, but never bothered with side saddle. During the Kingdom period of Hawai'i, the [[ali'i]] women would ride horses along the royal parade in long pāʻū. |
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As the Kingdom declined, so did this tradition until the early 20th century. It was Lizzie Puahi who first organized an association of women riders for a floral, auto parade in 1906. Soon afterwards, Theresa Wilcox began a riding society.<ref>{{cite book|title=All about Hawaii: The Recognized Book of Authentic Information on Hawaii, Combined with Thrum's Hawaiian Annual and Standard Guide|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=s-sKAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA108|year=1904|publisher=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|pages=2–}}</ref> In 1905 or 06, Mrs. Kainana Puahi began the |
As the Kingdom declined, so did this tradition until the early 20th century. It was Lizzie Puahi who first organized an association of women riders for a floral, auto parade in 1906. Soon afterwards, [[Theresa Wilcox]] began a riding society.<ref>{{cite book|title=All about Hawaii: The Recognized Book of Authentic Information on Hawaii, Combined with Thrum's Hawaiian Annual and Standard Guide|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=s-sKAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA108|year=1904|publisher=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|pages=2–}}</ref> In 1905 or 06, Mrs. Kainana Puahi began the Pāʻū Riders's club from her residence in Waikiki, Oahu, and began holding monthly gatherings. They recruited and practiced equestrianism.<ref>{{cite book|title=Paradise of the Pacific|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4f7kAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA19|year=1906|pages=19–}}</ref><ref name="Cowan-SmithStone1988">{{cite book|author1=Virginia Cowan-Smith|author2=Bonnie Domrose Stone|title=Aloha Cowboy|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=TnIeAQAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-1085-6}}</ref> |
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[[File:ScreenHunter 503 May. 16 03.33.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The pāʻū rider in her long skirt (1918)]] |
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In 1917 [[Jack London]] wrote in his work ''"The Cruise of the Snark"'': |
In 1917 [[Jack London]] wrote in his work ''"The Cruise of the Snark"'': |
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Revision as of 08:48, 26 May 2014
Pāʻū riders are the colorfully dressed, female, Hawaiian equestrians seen in parades and festivals throughout the Hawaiian Islands.[1]
History
The origins of this tradition are traced to just after the introduction of horses to Hawaii in 1803 by Captain Cleveland on his way from Southern California to China. It became a commons site to see men riding horses on the beach to attempt to overcome the stigma associated with the amount of food a horse required. The origins of the dress may be South American influences of woman who rode astride, not side saddle with a long dresses. Pāʻū in the Hawaiian language means skirt.[2] Kamehameha The Great, at 67, learned to ride. Woman copied the men by riding horses as well, but never bothered with side saddle. During the Kingdom period of Hawai'i, the ali'i women would ride horses along the royal parade in long pāʻū.
As the Kingdom declined, so did this tradition until the early 20th century. It was Lizzie Puahi who first organized an association of women riders for a floral, auto parade in 1906. Soon afterwards, Theresa Wilcox began a riding society.[3] In 1905 or 06, Mrs. Kainana Puahi began the Pāʻū Riders's club from her residence in Waikiki, Oahu, and began holding monthly gatherings. They recruited and practiced equestrianism.[4][5]
In 1917 Jack London wrote in his work "The Cruise of the Snark":
"Then there were the pa-u riders, thirty or forty of them, Hawaiian women all, superb horsewomen dressed gorgeously in the old, native riding costume, and dashing about in twos and threes and groups. In the afternoon Charmian and I stood in the judge's stand and awarded the prizes for horsemanship and costume to the pa-u riders".[6]
References
- ^ Elizabeth Blish Hughes (1 December 2008). Explorer's Guide Hawaii's Big Island: A Great Destination. Countryman Press. pp. 125–. ISBN 978-1-58157-091-5.
- ^ Roy Alameida (1 January 1997). Stories of Old Hawaii. Bess Press. pp. 108–. ISBN 978-1-57306-026-4.
- ^ All about Hawaii: The Recognized Book of Authentic Information on Hawaii, Combined with Thrum's Hawaiian Annual and Standard Guide. Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1904. pp. 2–.
- ^ Paradise of the Pacific. 1906. pp. 19–.
- ^ Virginia Cowan-Smith; Bonnie Domrose Stone (1988). Aloha Cowboy. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1085-6.
- ^ Jack London (1917). The Works of Jack London. --: Martin Eden. Review of Reviews Co. pp. 105–.
External links
Media related to Pāʻū riders at Wikimedia Commons