by Bryson Hoe | Jul 18, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Catherine Fuller Many believe that touch has the power to heal…but can it heal cultural wounds? On a visit to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, we had the opportunity to test this idea. The giver of this gift, Karen Kramer, one of the...
by Bryson Hoe | Jul 11, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Featured, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Jesse Yonover Beating drums and the unfamiliar chorus of Native American voices echo into the air. The sun moves slowly overhead as dried tobacco is thrown to the lone fire as an offering to the spirits. Men draped in eagle-feathered headdresses and...
by Bryson Hoe | Jul 8, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Lurline McGregor One of the events of the Mashpee Wampanoag pow wow this weekend was a canoe race. Hōkūleʻa crewmembers were invited to participate, and since most of us are outrigger canoe paddlers and in pretty good paddling shape since it’s...
by Bryson Hoe | Jul 4, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Lurline McGregor Sam Low, who has taken such good care of us throughout our visit to Martha’s Vineyard, threw a huge pā’ina at his house on our last night. Crewmembers, friends and relatives, around 100 people in all, came to enjoy a beautiful...
by Bryson Hoe | Jul 1, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Cultural, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Catherine Fuller On Friday, July 1st, we sailed perhaps the shortest portion of our leg from Martha’s Vineyard to Woods Hole, being approximately 8 miles. The departure ceremony was very moving, and it was obvious how much our visit had meant to Tobias...