Under the stars on the island of Maui, Kala Tanaka connects with her ancestors through traditional Hawaiian voyaging.
Years ago, her curiosity for voyaging led her to reach out to her father, who is a master navigator and one of the original crew members of the legendary Hōkūle‘a voyaging canoe. In college, she went on her first sail, and about a decade later, she was part of the crew on the Hikianalia voyaging canoe from Hawai‘i to Tahiti in 2017. Today, she teaches a new generation of voyagers in Maalaea Bay on the Mo‘okiha O Pi‘ilani in Maui.
Regarding how she learned the art of navigating, she describes how her father told her if she was going to voyage, she would have to find her own way to the canoe. She says the stars have always been what intrigued her, from the very first time she ever sailed. She says successful voyagers memorize the rising and setting points of stars and use them to navigate from place to place.
The magic of navigation, she says, is making the island come to you. The ocean, the wind, the fishes, and the birds don’t exist independently. They tell a whole story that tells you where you are if you open your mind and listen.
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16 окт 2024
