Sports and games in ancient Hawaii

SPORTS AND GAMES

When those ancient mariners, who left their homes in Polynesia, arrived at Hawaii they brought with them the agricultural products and livestock needed to sustain life in the new land. Additionally, they carried with them the customs, beliefs and ideas from their parent lifestyle. As time passed, the people, plants, animals and their practices were modified, synthesized and adapted to the new land and situations they found themselves in. One of the concepts they had transported with them was the recreational sports and games they had played in their childhood and during their maturing years.
A complete list of the sports and games played by the Hawaiians would be a very long one and on it you would the equivalent of practically every European sport, game or amusement. Many of these sports were suited to an agrarian society, which utilized the provincial community for its military forces, and thus served to keep them physically fit and mentally alert....