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The Loa tend to be identified by speaking [[Insuo Loa]], which has historically been considered as a primary characteristic of being Loa, as well as matriarchal cultural elements, mystical religious practices and wet rice agriculture. The Loa themselves are considered separate but descended from the Polynesians, with a general retention of Polynesian material culture such as bark cloth and advanced sailing techniques, as well as strong social hierarchy and a close connection to nature with the view that people are tenants of the land. However, the view of ''mana'' being the guiding energy of the universe is not present in the Loa. Occidental scholars assume that the Loa idea of [[Kapuhenasa|''Me'eaala Moliae'', or 'Eternal Witness']] as being descended from ''mana'', but Loa scholars rejecting this, considering ''Me'eaala Moliae'' as being their own unique cultural trait. The Loa in general have a very distinct religious tradition from most Polynesian groups, focusing on divination of the dead, entomancy and cosmic predetermination, concepts that do not have the same focus or are not even present in other Polynesian groups. | The Loa tend to be identified by speaking [[Insuo Loa]], which has historically been considered as a primary characteristic of being Loa, as well as matriarchal cultural elements, mystical religious practices and wet rice agriculture. The Loa themselves are considered separate but descended from the Polynesians, with a general retention of Polynesian material culture such as bark cloth and advanced sailing techniques, as well as strong social hierarchy and a close connection to nature with the view that people are tenants of the land. However, the view of ''mana'' being the guiding energy of the universe is not present in the Loa. Occidental scholars assume that the Loa idea of [[Kapuhenasa|''Me'eaala Moliae'', or 'Eternal Witness']] as being descended from ''mana'', but Loa scholars rejecting this, considering ''Me'eaala Moliae'' as being their own unique cultural trait. The Loa in general have a very distinct religious tradition from most Polynesian groups, focusing on divination of the dead, entomancy and cosmic predetermination, concepts that do not have the same focus or are not even present in other Polynesian groups. | ||
The Loa culture originates with the Isi Loa who are indigenous to the [[Loa Islands]], who are generally thought of as having developed around 1100 CE with the pre-Loa populations undergoing a dramatic bottleneck in the 200s CE, resulting in the circumstances that led to the rapid development of Insuo Loa and the genetically distinct Loa. In 1100 CE the population managed to recover to settle the entirety of the isles and entered a warring period until around 1550 CE when the Katu Raiakonao unified the Loa Islands. The Raia Dynasty would go on to rule for nearly 400 years, collapsing with the abdication and eventual death of the last ruler, Raikanao'oko. Around 1670, the Loa kingdom conquered the Satana Coast, marking their entrance into wider Polynesian political dynamics. To celebrate this event, Raiatia'atiauelao adopted the tile ''Káámarakatu'' (derived from ''Ka'áása maraa'a Katu'', or Celestial Queen), which is rendered as Empress. This marks the start of the [[Loa Empire]]. | |||
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