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Why were women in Hawaii not allowed to eat bananas or coconuts?
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In ancient Hawaii, men prepared the food and ate their meals apart from women. Commoners and women of all ranks were also forbidden to eat certain delicacies. Pork, bananas, coconuts, and certain fish were among the foods that were kapu (forbidden) to women. King Kamehameha II abolished these laws and many others in the year 1819. He validated this change in tradition by having a symbolic feast where men and women were not only able to eat together, but to share the same food. At this feast one of the main dishes involved wrapping chicken in the young leaves of the taro plant and baking it in coconut milk. This dish was called 'Luau' and as a result of its being one of the main courses, the feasts themselves came to be called 'Luaus'.
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What fruit were Hawaiian women once forbidden by law to eat?
Hawaiian women were once forbidden by law to eat bananas. This prohibition was enforced during ancient Hawaii to maintain the exclusivity of this fruit for men and chiefs, as bananas held religious significance and were considered sacred.
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Bananas, pork and coconuts. I know its so not fair! Coconuts have the most sweet juice in it
What fruit were women forbidden to eat by law?
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