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The Hawaiian Queen Kaahumanu converted to Christianity and to please the missionaries, who thought the hula to be obscene, she ban hula dancing.

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Queen Kaahumanu was a ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii. In 1820, she encouraged the missionaries from New England to spread Christianity. She learned to read and write from missionaries. In April 1824, Kaʻahumanu acknowledged Christianity (Protestant) and encouraged her people to follow that same faith. She bans some of the old customs on the island that considered to be obscene by the missionaries.

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