ʻAi Noa

Women ate pork and bananas, people had sexual intercourse with whomever they pleased, routine life was completely overthrown.

Liholiho did attempt to reestablish the kapu, but he was opposed by his mother, Keōpūolani, the other wives of Kamehameha (including Kaʻahumanu, the powerful Maui chiefess), and Hewahewa, the Kahuna-nui of the kingdom.

He took refuge in his canoe and after sailing about aimlessly for two days on the west coast of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, he landed and ate the feast of dogmeat (ordinarily reserved for women) that the chiefesses had prepared for him.

Messengers were then sent over the islands announcing that eating was free and the kapu had fallen.

The downfall of the old religion was further hastened by the arrival of Christian missionaries a few months later.