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Mural 1- The Voyagers
Transcript
Eia Hawaii, he moku, he kanaka He kanaka Hawaii e- He kama na Kahiki He pua alii mai Kapaahu Mai Moaulanuiakea Kanaloa - Famous amongst our people are these words, uttered by navigator-priest Kamahualele to his companion, ruling alii Kalani Moikeha, on their return voyage to Hawaii from Tahiti. Here is Hawaii, and island, a man. Hawaii is a man. A child of Kahiki. A chiefly offspring from Kapaahu, from Moaulanuiakea Kanaloa. Though legends may vary as to the causes of our movement, that we did so in dynamic waves of migration to and from the South Pacific, there can be no doubt. Behold the waa kaulua, those twin-hulled Ocean vessels on which our master navigators crossed the currents of time and space. Behold the aumakua, the ancestral guardians through whom knowledge may be kept and perseverance gained. By the knowledge of our ancestors, our people cultivated a vast civilization across island words, connected by the ever-moving currents of Moananuiakea, the great Oceanic expanse that links our island nations to one another.
Description
Introduction to our breezeway mural.
Date Created
10/23/2023
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