Cultural relevance doesn't to be something we think about all that much, and probably should. What brought this on? A number of things, but the 2 biggest are the upcoming Pokemon games (Sun and Moon), and the coming Disney movie Moana, both ironically with a Hawaiian theme to them (although in different sorts of context). Sun and Moon have the Alola region, which is based around the Hawaiian islands as an environment, with several new Pokemon taking design elements from its local flora and

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