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Catherine Sherman

Leawood, KS

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Kapu Keep Out Sign

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Catherine Sherman

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"Kapu, Keep Out, Sign" by Catherine Sherman.

A "Kapu Keep Out" sign warns people not to venture into a grassy area in a park in Kauai, Hawaii, to protect the vegetation. Beyond is a line of lava boulders.

Kapu is the ancient Hawaiian code of conduct of laws and regulations. The kapu system was universal in lifestyle, gender roles, politics and religion. An offense that was kapu was often a corporal offense, but also often denoted a threat to spiritual power. Kapus were strictly enforced.

The Hawaiian word kapu is usually translated to English as "forbidden", though it also carries the meanings of "keep out", "no trespassing", "sacred", "consecrated", or "holy". The concept is related to taboo and the tapu or tabu found in other Polynesian cultures

The opposite of kapu is noa, meaning "common" or "free".

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