Te Mana o Te Moana
This Saturday we will welcome the seven voyaging canoes of the Pacific Voyager Fleet to our shores. Sailing together as part of Te Mana o Te Moana, these vessels represent Tahiti, Samoa, the Cook Islands, Fiji, and Aotearoa. The canoes are sailing under the auspices of the Okeanos Foundation which is dedicated to the preservation of the world’s oceans and marine life. More information about the foundation and the seven canoes can be found at (http://www.pacificvoyagers.org/voyage). Their journey to our home is an honor of the highest order and our obligation and duty is to appropriately acknowledge that honor.
Many of us have had the good fortune to sail with H?k?le‘a to these islands where both our crews and our canoe were cared for and accepted as family. We learned that the values of aloha and m?lama live and thrive throughout the South Pacific.
Saturday June 25: ULU MAU H?‘ike Program
The Ranch will provide a shuttle service to the Ulu Mau event.
Please note that printed program schedule is very general. The morning will start with a shorter welcome-to-shore followed by speeches and then crew and Pacific community presentations. The crews will be served lunch from about 11-noon; all others may get refreshments/lunch from the food trucks at their convenience. PVS has arranged for t-shirts that commemorate this event. They will be given to crew members and will be available for purchase by event attendees throughout on Saturday or by order forms for later pick up.
The printed program is as follows:
9:00 Pacific Voyager Crews Arrive on Shore
Pule and Welcome
- Ho‘okipa
- Calvin Hoe - Hakipu‘u
- Nainoa Thompson- PVS
Hawai‘i - Kuhai halau ‘o Kahealani Pa ‘olapa kahiko - Kumu Hula Kahealani Mikaele-Kupau
10:30 Pacific Voyager Vaka Moana H?‘ike
Canoe crews and their supporters invited to share
- Haunui - Pan Pacific
(Aotearoa, Hawai‘i, Papua New Guinea)- Te Matau a Maui – Aotearoa
- Uto Ni Yalo – Fiji
- Marumaru Atua – Cook Islands
- Faafaite –Tahiti
- Gaualofa – Samoa
- Hine Moana - Pan Pacific (Tonga, Kiribati, Tahiti, Solomon Islands, Samoa)
Closing and Halau Kukunaokal - Po‘o
Sulu Tafaoimalo3:00 Pacific Voyagers Depart
NOTE: Refreshments available at the Food Trucks throughout the event
Submitted by manowar on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 10:01pm
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#1 Fri, 06/24/2011 - 5:18pm
Just got back from welcoming the voyaging canoes in Hakipu'u! What an amazing site. There is a big ceremony tomorrow morning at 9am, come check it out!
#2 Fri, 06/24/2011 - 6:59pm