Inā manaʻo ʻoe he mea hou ka hakakā ʻana o nā kāne e wehe i ka lauoho maka, loaʻa iā mākou nā nūhou no ʻoe. Aia kekahi mau hōʻike archeological, i ka Late Stone Age, ua kahi nā kāne me ka ʻāʻī, obsidian, a i ʻole nā ​​ʻāpana ʻōpala, a i ʻole i hoʻohana ʻia i nā ʻili e like me nā tweezers. (Auwe.)
Ma hope mai, hoʻāʻo nā kāne me nā pahi ʻumi keleawe, keleawe a me ka hao. Loaʻa paha i ka poʻe waiwai kahi ʻupena pilikino ma luna o nā limahana, a ʻo ke koena o mākou e kipa aku i ka hale ʻuʻu lauoho. A, e hoʻomaka ana i ka Middle Ages, ua kipa paha ʻoe i ka mea ʻokiʻoki inā makemake ʻoe i ka ʻokiʻoki, ka hoʻokahe koko, a i ʻole nā ​​​​niho i unuhi ʻia. (ʻElua manu, hoʻokahi pōhaku.)

I kēia mau manawa i hala iho nei, ua hoʻohana nā kāne i ka pahi pahi kila kila, i kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo "cut-throat" no ka mea… ʻO kona hoʻolālā e like me ka pahi, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻokala ʻia me ka pōhaku honi a i ʻole ka ʻili ʻili, a pono ke akamai (ʻaʻole e haʻi i ka nānā ʻana i ka laser-like) e hoʻohana ai.

No ke aha i hoʻomaka ai mākou e kahi i kahi mua?
No nā kumu he nui, ʻike ʻia. Ua kahi ko ʻAigupita kahiko i ko lākou ʻumiʻumi a me nā poʻo, ma muli paha o ka wela a ma ke ʻano he ala e mālama ai i nā makika. ʻOiai ua manaʻo ʻia ʻaʻole pono ka ulu ʻana o ka lauoho maka, ua ʻaʻahu nā pharaohs (ʻo kekahi mau wahine) i nā ʻumiʻumi wahaheʻe e like me ke akua ʻo Osiris.

Ma hope mai, ua lawe ʻia ka shaving e nā Helene i ka wā o Alexander the Great. Hoʻoikaika nui ʻia ka hana ma ke ʻano he pale pale no nā koa, e pale ana i ka ʻenemi mai ka hopu ʻana i ko lākou ʻumiʻumi i ka hakakā lima a me ka lima.

OLELO HOOLAHA A I OLE FAUX PAS?
Ua loaʻa i nā kāne ka pilina aloha-inaina me ka lauoho maka mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka manawa. I loko o nā makahiki, ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻumiʻumi he ʻano ʻino, nani, he pono hoʻomana, he hōʻailona o ka ikaika a me ka virility, lepo loa, a i ʻole he ʻōlelo politika.

A hiki i ka Alexander the Great, ʻoki nā Helene kahiko i ko lākou ʻumiʻumi i ka wā kanikau wale nō. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻo nā kāne ʻōpio Roma ma kahi o 300 BC he pāʻina "kahi-mua" e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ko lākou wā makua e hiki mai ana, a ua ulu wale ko lākou ʻumiʻumi i ke kanikau.

I ka wā o Julius Caesar, ua hoʻohālike nā kāne Roma iā ia ma ka ʻohi ʻana i ko lākou ʻumiʻumi, a laila ʻo Hadrian, ka Emepera Roma mai 117 a 138, hoʻihoʻi i ka ʻumiʻumi i ke ʻano.

ʻAʻole ʻumiʻumi nā pelekikena mua he 15 o ʻAmelika (ʻoiai ua pāʻani ʻo John Quincy Adams lāua ʻo Martin Van Buren i kekahi mau ʻiʻo muttonchops.) A laila ua koho ʻia ʻo Abraham Lincoln, nona ka ʻumiʻumi kaulana loa o nā manawa a pau. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kahi ʻano hou-ʻo ka hapa nui o nā pelekikena i hahai iā ia he lauoho maka, a hiki i Woodrow Wilson i ka makahiki 1913. A mai ia manawa mai, ua huikala ʻia ko mākou mau pelekikena āpau. A no ke aha ʻaʻole? Ua lōʻihi ka hele ʻana o ke kahi ʻana.