to care for our Island Earth.
Page 1. Mālama honua is a Hawaiian concept that means to care for our Island Earth. Our Hawaiian voyaging canoes, Hōkūle’a and Hikianalia, are on a journey around the world to learn, create global relationships, and explore how to care for our oceans and Island Earth.
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What is Malama?
The Hawaiian word mālama means to “take care,” and aina means land. So take care of the land. Don’t litter, pick up trash, recycle. It’s basic and should be instinctive.
What is the Malama Honua challenge?
Mālama Honua Challenge
The focus of our Worldwide Voyage is to care for Island Earth. We sail our voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa using the stars, sun, and swell to guide us around the world, relying on signs from nature and ancient wisdom to guide us to each destination.
Why is Malama Honua important?
The Hawaiian name for this voyage, Mālama Honua, means “to care for our Earth.” Living on an island chain teaches us that our natural world is a gift with limits and that we must carefully steward this gift if we are to survive together.
What is the Malama Honua worldwide voyage?
The mission of the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage is to navigate toward a healthy and sustainable. future for ourselves, our home – the Hawaiian Islands – and our Island Earth through voyaging and new ways of learning.
What does Kapu Aloha mean in Hawaiian?
The term kapu aloha comes from the merging of two foundational Hawaiian language words kapu (to set apart; to prohibit; to make sacred or holy), and aloha (to love; show mercy; to have compassion upon).
What is Malama Honua in relation to the voyaging canoe Hokulea?
Mālama honua is a Hawaiian concept that means to care for our Island Earth. Our Hawaiian voyaging canoes, Hōkūle’a and Hikianalia, are on a journey around the world to learn, create global relationships, and explore how to care for our oceans and Island Earth.
What does Hikianalia mean?
Hikianalia is the Hawaiian name for the star also known as Spica, which rises together with Hōkūle’a (Arcturus) in Hawaiʻi. They are sister stars because they break the horizon together at the latitude of the Hawaiian islands.
Where is the Hokulea today?
After completing worldwide voyage, Hokulea is now headed on a new adventure. HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – It was a bittersweet morning for the crew of the Hokulea as the Polynesian voyaging canoe returned to Waikiki, ending the final chapter of the Malama Honua worldwide voyage.
What is the meaning of Malama Pono?
E mālama pono means literally Take good care (of yourself).
What is the meaning of Kokua?
to help
Kokua. Pronounced: (Koh-KOO-ah) Kokua is a word that means “to help,” and it’s frequently coupled with the word “mahalo” to form “mahalo for your kokua.” In English, the phrase would translate as “thank you for your compliance,” and it often references not littering or helping to keep an area clean.
The voyage, which started in 2013 and will continue through 2017, is a means to engage all of Island Earth — practicing how to live sustainably while sharing Polynesian culture, learning from the past and from each other, creating global relationships and discovering the wonders of this precious place we call home.
What does Hokulea mean in Hawaiian?
In Hawaiian, the name Hokulea refers to Arcturus, one of the guiding stars for Hawaiian navigators, which passes directly over Hawaii’s latitude, helping guide sailors to the island chain.
What star is Hokulea?
Zenith Star
Hokule’a is known as Hawai’i’s Zenith Star. About midway between Hokule’a and Hanaiakamalama, the Cross, is Hikianalia (Spica) and directly below it is in the box of Me’e (Corvus). Below the horizon, having completely set, is the star line of Ke Ka o Makali’i.
What is a native Hawaiian called?
Native Hawaiians, or simply Hawaiians (Hawaiian: kānaka ʻōiwi, kānaka maoli, and Hawaiʻi maoli), are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands. The traditional name of the Hawaiian people is Kānaka Maoli.
What does Lolo mean in Hawaii?
dumb, goofy or crazy
LOLO (lō-lō) A Hawaiian language word meaning dumb, goofy or crazy.
What is a kupuna?
Kūpuna means grandparent, ancestor, and/or honored elder. In the Hawaiian culture, kūpuna were highly respected and seen as an important link as keepers of ancestral knowledge.Kūpuna are referred to as Cultural Personnel Resources (CPR).
How many people were on hokulea?
When Hōkūle’a arrived at the beach in Pape’ete Harbor, over half the island’s people were there, more than 17,000 strong, and there was a spontaneous affirmation of what a great heritage we shared and also a renewal of the spirit of who we are today. On that first voyage, we were facing cultural extinction.
The ancient Polynesians navigated their canoes by the stars and other signs that came from the ocean and sky. Navigation was a precise science, a learned art that was passed on verbally from one navigator to another for countless generations.
How long was Hokulea voyage?
three-year
On May 18, 2014, Hōkūle’a and her sister vessel, Hikianalia embarked from Oahu for “Malama Honua,” a three-year circumnavigation of the earth. She returned to port in Hawaii on June 17, 2017. The journey covered 47,000 nautical miles with stops at 85 ports in 26 countries.
When was Hikianalia built?
September 15, 2012
Hikianalia is the Hawaiian name for the star Spica, which rises together with Hōkūleʻa (Arcturus) in Hawaiʻi. They are sister stars because they break the horizon together at the latitude of the Hawaiian islands. Launched on September 15, 2012, Hikianalia was designed specifically for the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage.
