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Traditional hālau waʻa blessed in Mākena, honoring Hawaiian cultural practices
A newly constructed hālau waʻa, a traditional Hawaiian canoe house and learning space, was blessed on March 21 in Mākena.
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Traditional structure on Maui honors generational families of Mākena
A newly constructed hālau waʻa was completed on Maui, which recognizes the families and the traditional cultural practices of ...
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How a canoe helped turn Hawaiian culture into a source of pride and even influenced Hollywood
Early crew members of the voyaging canoe Hokulea have gathered in Hawai'i to celebrate the vessel's 50th birthday ...
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Yapese navigator plans to build a traditional Micronesian canoe on Hawai‘i Island
Thomas Raffipiy plans to build the canoe in Hawaiʻi in August. He's calling on Micronesian youth and other local kids to ...
Hokulea’s voyage of rediscovery
Since then, Hokulea has voyaged across the Pacific and around the world, reaching places like New Zealand, Japan, South ...
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Archaeologists: Canoe Find Is 'Holy Grail Stuff'
The planks turned out to be the remains of a traditional Polynesian oceangoing canoe, or "waka." "We can't overstate how incredible it is," lead archaeologist Justin Maxwell tells the Guardian.
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How a canoe helped turn Hawaiian culture into a source of pride and even influenced Hollywood
They started the Polynesian Voyaging Society, intent on sailing a canoe to Tahiti without modern instruments. They needed a navigator. Traditional long-distance voyaging skills had all but ...