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I'm really excited to keep an eye on this.

Built in the Isle of Man’s Ramsey Shipyard in 1863, the Star of India was originally named Euterpe. After eight years, it was sold to the London shipping company Shaw, Savill & Albion Line to transport emigrants to Aotearoa (New Zealand.) It racked up 21 circumnavigations before it was sold to the Kingdom of Hawai`i.  In 1898, the ship was reregistered to the US and renamed Star of India. Today, the Star of India is the last ship still sailing which once flew the flag of the Kingdom of Hawai`i. To honor the Hōkūle`a’s current visit to San Diego, the Star of India raised her sails once again for the first time in five years and sailed off of San Diego joining the Hōkūle`a as it arrived, flying the very same Kingdom of Hawai`i flag.

Hōkūle’a, c. 1976. Kamehameha School Archives

With Suno and the Halo of Souls almost lining up

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Hello y’all, I’ve been building a world named Hokulea and this be the map for it!

"What do you think the Samoan women hand tattoo is for?" Well there’s an ancient navigation skill where Pacific navigators use their hand and the markings on their fingers to measure distances and angles of star constellations as they rise and fall in the night sky. This is brilliant navigator Kala Tanaka of the Hokulea measuring where she needs to go using her hand. You might have seen Moana do a weird version of it. Many Samoan hand tattoos have fish around the wrists and the stars and togitogi up the fingers. The thumb lays across the horizon while the fingers stand vertical as you align your markings with the stars. Every tattoo unique to that navigator's experience and knowledge. This would also tell you who the original navigators were. Pacific women. It is part of the Nafanua story we always overlook. She ruled all over Samoa and set up Tupa'i titles in villages on the complete opposite sides of Samoa. She didn’t walk there you know! She was an accomplished navigator. And who makes toga, Samoan sails? Exclusively women.” ~  Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu

Had the opportunity to watch the premiere of 'Moananuiākea: One Ocean. One Canoe. One People.' last night at Hawaii Theatre to close out the 2018 HIFF.⠀ ⠀ More than a documentary of Hōkūleʻa's Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage, Moananuiākea is an inspiring story about perseverance, the similarities of indigenous people who are separated by our vast ocean, and how the answers to a better future are with our ancestors.⠀ ⠀ Moananuiākea is a must watch when you get the chance.👍🏽👍🏽⠀ -⠀ @hokuleawwv @oiwitv #hokulea #hokuleawwv #moananuiakea #malamahonua https://www.instagram.com/p/BqYsl8wA-Cz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bl0bu8aa8n1u