Public sends off the crew of Hokule‘a, Hikianalia
People gathered Friday morning at Mauliola — also known as Sand Island — for a public blessing and send-off ceremony as the Polynesian Voyaging Society prepares to relaunch the Moananuiakea Voyage, a four-year, 43,000-nautical-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean.
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Twelve-year-old Afi Lokeni, left, and sister Tumau, 9, blow conch shell during a send-off celebration.
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Keiki from Kulaniakea Preschool blow pu and chant an oli during a send-off celebration.
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Twelve-year-old Afi Lokeni, left, and sister Tumau, 9, blow conch shell on Friday.
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Keiki from Kulaniakea Preschool blow pu and chant an oli.
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Keiki from Kulaniakea Preschool present lei to captain-in-training Kaiwi Hamakua-Makue, right, and crewmember Steven Tausinga, on Friday.
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Keiki from Kulaniakea Preschool present hookupu to crewmembers. Supporters brought lei, hookupu, and expression of aloha for the canoes and crew before they leave Hawaii.
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Hokule‘a crewmembers Steven Tausinga, right, and Kaiwi Hamakua-Makue place lei on the bow of Hokule‘a.
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Hokule‘a crewmembers Steven Tausinga, right, and Kaiwi Hamakua-Makue place lei on the bow of Hokule‘a.
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Keiki from Kulaniakea Preschool present lei and hookupu to crewmembers Allen Mozo, right, and Jordan Jacobson, left, during a celebration for Hokule‘a's and Hikianalia’s Moananuiakea Voyage on Friday.
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Keiki from Kulaniakea Preschool blow pu and chant an oli.
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