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Kapu
''Kapu'' refers to the ancient Hawaiian code of conduct of laws and regulations. The ''kapu'' system was universal in lifestyle, gender roles, politics, religion, etc. An offense that was ''kapu'' was often a corporal offense, but also often denoted a threat to spiritual power, or theft of ''mana''. ''Kapus'' were strictly enforced. Breaking one, even unintentionally, often meant immediate death,〔(http://www.islands.com/article.jsp?ID=47759&typeID=122&categoryID=0 )〕 ''Koo kapu''. The concept is related to taboo and the ''tapu'' or ''tabu'' found in other Polynesian cultures. The Hawaiian word ''kapu'' is usually translated to English as "forbidden", though it also carries the meanings of "sacred", "consecrated", or "holy".
As these examples might suggest, the sense of the term in Polynesia carries connotations of sacredness as much as forbiddenness. Probably the best way to translate ''kapu'' into English is as meaning "marked off" or ritually restricted. The opposite of kapu is ''noa'', meaning "common" or "free".
==Kapuhili==
Most famous are the ''Kapuhili'' restrictions placed upon contact with chiefs (kings), but these also apply to all people of known spiritual power. ''Kapu Kū mamao'' means prohibited from a place of the chief, while ''Kapu noho'' was to assemble before the chief. It was ''kapu'' when entering a chief's personal area to come in contact with his hair or fingernail clippings, to look directly at him, and to be in sight of him with a head higher than his. Wearing red and yellow feathers (a sign of royalty) was ''kapu'', unless an individual was of the highest rank. Places that are ''kapu'' are often symbolized by ''Pahu Kapu'', two crossed staffs, each with a white ball atop.
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