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[[Māhū]] ("in the middle") in Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian) and Maohi (Tahitian) cultures are [[third gender]] persons with traditional spiritual and social roles within the culture, similar to Tongan ''[[fakaleiti]]'' and Samoan ''[[fa'afafine]]'',<ref name="GC">{{cite web |url= http://www.gendercentre.org.au/resources/polare-archive/archived-articles/like-a-lady-in-polynesia.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924021528/http://www.gendercentre.org.au/resources/polare-archive/archived-articles/like-a-lady-in-polynesia.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |title=Like a Lady in Polynesia: The ''Māhū'' of Tahiti, the ''Fa'a Fafine'' in Samoa, the ''Fakaleiti'' in Tonga and More |work=GenderCentre.org.au |location=Petersham, NSW, Australia |publisher=The Gender Centre |first=Robert |last=Perkins |date=October 2013 |access-date=30 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>. According to present-day māhū kumu hula Kaua'i Iki: | [[Māhū]] ("in the middle") in Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian) and Maohi (Tahitian) cultures are [[third gender]] persons with traditional spiritual and social roles within the culture, similar to Tongan ''[[fakaleiti]]'' and Samoan ''[[fa'afafine]]'',<ref name="GC">{{cite web |url= http://www.gendercentre.org.au/resources/polare-archive/archived-articles/like-a-lady-in-polynesia.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924021528/http://www.gendercentre.org.au/resources/polare-archive/archived-articles/like-a-lady-in-polynesia.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |title=Like a Lady in Polynesia: The ''Māhū'' of Tahiti, the ''Fa'a Fafine'' in Samoa, the ''Fakaleiti'' in Tonga and More |work=GenderCentre.org.au |location=Petersham, NSW, Australia |publisher=The Gender Centre |first=Robert |last=Perkins |date=October 2013 |access-date=30 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>. According to present-day māhū kumu hula Kaua'i Iki: | ||
{{quote|Māhū were particularly respected as teachers, usually of hula dance and chant. In pre-contact times māhū performed the roles of goddesses in hula dances that took place in temples which were off-limits to women. Māhū were also valued as the keepers of cultural traditions, such as the passing down of genealogies. Traditionally parents would ask māhū to name their children.<ref>Kaua'i Iki, quoted by Andrew Matzner in 'Transgender, queens, mahu, whatever': | {{quote|Māhū were particularly respected as teachers, usually of hula dance and chant. In pre-contact times māhū performed the roles of goddesses in hula dances that took place in temples which were off-limits to women. Māhū were also valued as the keepers of cultural traditions, such as the passing down of genealogies. Traditionally parents would ask māhū to name their children.<ref>Kaua'i Iki, quoted by Andrew Matzner in 'Transgender, queens, mahu, whatever': | ||