Māhu: Transgender Healers of Hawai'i, with Patrick Makuakāne
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Centuries ago, 4 renowned healers traveled to Hawaiʻi and were beloved by the people for their miraculous cures and embracing nature. History tells us these gifted individuals were Māhū (transgender). Their gender identity was often hidden, but today we are making a concerted effort to truthfully share their beautiful story. Hear the story of the Māhū from San Francisco-based kumu hula Patrick Makuakāne, as well as an original chant he has written in their honor.
This story is part of ACTA’s ongoing Queering California Traditions series, which features voices from queer traditional artists across the state.
I don’t know if anyone noticed how all the mahu souls are coming back into existence in our sons and daughters in a time when the world is in desperate need of healing
Wow beautiful and sooooo ancient and important.this must never die
Mahalo, Kumu Patrick. And Mahalo to Kumuhina for this animation and the other films she has done as she continues to make a space for young Mahu in her classes. Check out "A Place in the Middle".
C.G. Jung's gate to the collective unconscious is also the Anima/Animus (male/female shadow).
Thank you so much for this video!
Thank you for sharing
Can’t wait to see this!
That's beautiful thank you
If one is two gendered are they a transgender being ? Because you’re not transition from one gender to another you are in possession of both genders, making this person fluid in gender. Myself I am finding it difficult to really identify the line between what society identifies as masculine and feminine. Having both residing with in me , I don’t identify as transgender. I love the title of being two-spirited from my Granmas family heritage. Of course your peoples heritage may see this differently and I am only asking for clarification.
To get things clear, I start earlier:
... usually "cis gender" refers to the gender/sex that medical professionals assign to folks at birth ... based on some sex characteristics. Since those who assign don't take into account all sex traits but just a reductionist short cut ... even most intersex folks get labeled "male" or "female". (Adding that gender identity also has roots in biology ... the whole practice of assignment is methodically flawed. The only reasons it's still done are tradition and that it works for a majority.)
Take home: Sex/gender assignement is full of issues in the first place.
However ... transgender means, that a person does not align with their either female or male sex/gender assigned at birth. Since cis only includes only male or female ... nonbinary folks are technically transgender folks - transcending their assigned birth gender and transcending the gender binary.
Yet ... even in legislation ... transgender is often viewed as and forced into a binary. Therefore trans is often just used for trans men or trans women. Erasing nonbinary folks.
... hope this helps.
... as a non native to both mãhū and two spirit traditions, who found both gender concepts more grounded in reality than traditional western concepts, that's what I've understood:
"Māhū" describes a Hawaiian person "in the middle". Being somewhat female and male at the same time. Translated into western terminology the base line is nonbinary but includes trans women and trans men.
"Two spirit" is an umbrella term describing a Native American person with male and female traits. Translated into western terminology it includes the whole queer alphabet soup. However concrete Native American tribes often seem to only accept some queer identities and reject others. (The book "Two-Spirit People. Native American Gender Identity, Sexuality and Spirituality" is a good read.)
Both terms are interwoven with the cultures they stem from and their respective spiritual traditions.
'Two Spirit' and 'Māhū' are often labels that rise from and depend upon their specific cultures, but if you're looking for a label, why not try looking into non-binary, bigender, dual gender, genderqueer, and genderfluid individuals?
Would we say that these are the first Hapa ?
No. Hapa is the hawaiian word for “half” as in half Hawaiian and half another ethnicity.