Grass skirt
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A Grass skirt is a costume made of layers of grasses (Poaceae) and fastened at the waistline.[3]
During the late 19th-century and into World War II, grass skirts in Polynesia became a "powerful symbol of South Sea sexuality".[1][4] During the Pacific theater, grass skirts were sought after souvenirs by servicemen abroad.[5] The origin of the Hawaiian hula grass skirt is believed to originally be from Samoa.[6][7] The traditional costume of Hawaiian hula kahiko includes kapa cloth skirts and men in malo (loincloth) however, during the 1880s hula ‘auana was developed from western influences. It is during this period that the grass skirt began to be seen everywhere although hula ‘auana costumes also included more western looking with fabric-topped dresses for women and pants for men.[8]
In Fijian culture, women traditionally wore skirts called the liku made from hibiscus or root fibers and grass.[9][10]
In Tonga, the grass skirt was known as a sisi pueka and were worn in dance performances.[5]
The Sotho people traditionally wore grass skirts called the mosotho.[11]
References
- ^ a b Hix, Lisa (March 22, 2017). "How America's Obsession With Hula Girls Almost Wrecked Hawaiʻi". Collectors Weekly. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- ^ Hoverson, Martha. "Hawaii at the Fair". Chinese in Northwest America Research Committee. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- ^ Picken, Mary Brooks (24 July 2013). A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion: Historic and Modern. Courier Corporation. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-486-14160-2.
- ^ Brawley, S.; Dixon, C. (6 August 2012). Hollywood’s South Seas and the Pacific War: Searching for Dorothy Lamour. Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-137-09067-6.
- ^ a b Bennett, Judith A. (2009). Natives and Exotics: World War II and Environment in the Southern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-8248-3265-0.
- ^ Clark, Sydney (1939). Hawaii with Sydney A. Clark. Prentice-Hall, Incorporated. p. 129.
- ^ Hopkins, Jerry (January 1982). The hula. Apa Productions (HK). p. 181.
- ^ "A Hip Tradition". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- ^ Me, Rondo B. B. (2004). Fiji Masi: An Ancient Art in the New Millennium. Catherine Spicer and Rondo B.B. Me. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-646-43762-0.
- ^ Bishop Museum Handbook. Bishop Museum Press. 1915. p. 48.
- ^ Hammond-Tooke, W. D. (1981). Boundaries and Belief: The Structure of a Sotho Worldview. Witwatersrand University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-85494-659-4.
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