WELCOME TOTAWAKII UNION!

Hailey, Cassandra, Emily

GEOGRAPHY

Off the coast of Hawaii

Population of 500,000

Absolute location: 158 deg W, 18 deg N

Mountains, 3 volcanoes named Kawaka, Mahakii, Wakahini

Resources are silver, gold, copper, marble

Here’s Tawakii!

FAMILY AND KIN

Children go to a school with dorms (boarding school)

Males and females share work

Teachers, business workers, fisherman/ farmers etc., are all available as jobs

Children can drive once they are eleven years old with a maturity test

FOOD, CLOTHING, AND SHELTER

FOOD: Typical Tawakiin breakfast is a tropical fruit salad, dinner is usually fish and seafood

Fruits of Tawakii: Kiwi, star fruit, coconuts, pineapples, discovered the flamingo fruit

CLOTHING: Light, summery clothes, light jackets on colder days

SHELTER: Live in bungalows

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

Fishing, farming

Mayor, no president

Court rooms

Mini-Army to protect them

Meeting with citizens to decide what to fix or change

Environmentally friendly

COMMUNICATION

Language: Hawaiian

Sign of peace: Flowers

National dance is the Hula

They use computers, phones, newspapers, TV., snail mail

ECONOMICS

Work every week day

Don’t work on holidays

Same money as U.S.A

No crazy prices

No taxes

TECHNOLOGY

Computers

Weapons, guns, and arrow for hunting

Cell phones, radios, iPods, etc.

Tools for building

Television sets (cable)

BELIEFS AND RITUALS

Worship Triton, god of water

Religion: TikiTaki

Put dead bodies in volcano, dance around for death rituals

Luau: celebration of birth

The underwater city of Atlantis is believed

EDUCATION

Children 2-6 yrs. are homeschooled

Children 7-18 yrs. stay at “boarding schools”

Mothers and Fathers teach children at home school

Also teach life skills like cooking and cleaning

Go to whatever college they prefer

CREATIVE EXPRESSION

Dance the Hula

Welcoming ceremony is a Luau with leis

Game: How many rocks can you throw in the volcano before it explodes

Make leis for new-comers (out of real flowers)

Famous for beautiful “flamingo flower”

UNION SYMBOLS

Flower: Carnival Vegano

Bird: Flamingo

Drink: Coconut Milk

Greeting: Hula Ceremony

HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT TIME IN TAWAKII!