Polynesian experts (kahuna)
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The Polynesians knew a system of experts for any sphere, the so-called kahuna. It is comparable to a university system that includes philosophy, handicraft and art.
Those experts or kahunas were medicine men, priests and shamans, teachers and advisers. They were in a big societal charge. With their help chants and prayers (Oli and Mele) were orally bequeathed.
These comprehended the knowledge of the kahunas, the history of ancestors and the Polynesian culture.