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Culture & language in Hawaiʻi

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Statewide

• Hawaiʻi visitor etiquette: lei, homes, rocks and drivingStatewide · Accept a lei by lowering your head and never throw one away; take off your shoes before entering a home; don't stack rocks; and drive...
• Hawaiian words you will hearStatewide · A few words go a long way: aloha (hello, goodbye, love), mahalo (thank you), mauka (toward the mountains), makai (toward the ocean), keiki...

Molokaʻi

• Visiting Molokaʻi respectfully: the Friendly IsleMolokaʻi · Molokaʻi is rural and proud of it, with a long history of resisting big resort development. Wave to other drivers, pull over to let locals...