09-28-2012, 06:01 PM
On Saturday, September 29, starting at 10:00 am until 5:00 pm, this full-day event will feature hands-on wayfinding and navigation activities, makahiki games, special guest presentations, a featured documentary, and live music free to the public. Regular admission rates apply to the Exhibit Hall and Planetarium.
The annual 'Imiloa Wayfinding and Navigation Festival celebrates the historic feats of Pacific navigators and current day efforts to revive and expand celestial navigation skills and interest in long distance deep-sea canoe voyaging that connects the many indigenous island communities in the Pacific Ocean.
"The Wayfinding and Navigation Festival is a celebration of our Hawaiian heritage, culture and traditions, it is a unifying legacy that we proudly share with other Polynesian cultures in the Pacific. Wayfinding and celestial navigation is an ancient knowledge that shows us the power of human initiative and intuition, before modern navigation systems became available to explore the unknown."
—Ka‘iu Kimura, Executive Director, 'Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai'i
http://www.imiloahawaii.org/137/wayfindi...n-festival
The annual 'Imiloa Wayfinding and Navigation Festival celebrates the historic feats of Pacific navigators and current day efforts to revive and expand celestial navigation skills and interest in long distance deep-sea canoe voyaging that connects the many indigenous island communities in the Pacific Ocean.
"The Wayfinding and Navigation Festival is a celebration of our Hawaiian heritage, culture and traditions, it is a unifying legacy that we proudly share with other Polynesian cultures in the Pacific. Wayfinding and celestial navigation is an ancient knowledge that shows us the power of human initiative and intuition, before modern navigation systems became available to explore the unknown."
—Ka‘iu Kimura, Executive Director, 'Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai'i
http://www.imiloahawaii.org/137/wayfindi...n-festival