Pacific Paddler February 2013 - (Page 20)

Hoena Wale No! ~Only Paddling! #1 In the Fall of 2012, the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Library celebrated paddling traditions in Hawai‘i with an exhibit in the Hamilton Library’s Bridge Gallery. The information from that exhibit will be featured in a series of articles in the Pacific Paddler. Our ancestors, who lived in the Pacific for over 2000 years, viewed their world as a ‘sea of islands’ rather than ‘islands in the sea.’ 'Oceania' connotes a sea of islands with their inhabitants. The world of our ancestors was a large sea full of places to explore, to make their homes in, to breed generations of seafarers like themselves. People raised in this environment were at home with the sea. They played in it as soon as they could walk steadily, they worked in it, they fought on it. They developed great skills for navigating their waters, and the spirit to tra- verse even the few large gaps that separated their island groups. (Epeli Hau‘ofa, Our Sea of Islands) In Hawai‘i if you grow up oceanside (makai), surf (he’e nalu), swim (‘aukai) and paddle (hoe wa‘a), you are as comfortable on the water as you are on the land. The rhythm of the waves and the I KA WA‘A KAHIKO/OF THE ANCIENT CANOE Hawaii’s history is rich with stories of voyag- visits and warfare. Innovations necessitated by life style and the island environment, resulted in changes in canoe design. For short coastal and inter-island trips, paddling replaced sailing as the ing from gods of ancient times to Hōkūle‘a of our dominant mode of transportation. Chiefs trav- over thousands of miles of open ocean using the fight a skirmish, or conduct a guarded retreat to their tools. of wind conditions, bodyguards doubled as canoe beginning with Papa, traveled between Kahiki and in any direction despite ocean calms or adverse time. Native Hawaiians navigated their way north eled with bodyguards who could launch a raid, stars, ocean currents and natural phenomena as the canoe landing for a quick escape. Regardless Twenty generations of deep ocean voyagers, paddlers, providing the ability to move canoes Hawai‘i according to ancestral genealogies. One winds (Kane/PVS). settled on the island of Kaua‘i. His son, Kila, ing chief of Hilo, Hawaii) recounted by Samuel and Ka‘ōhala, Kauai, and his grandson, Kaha‘i, detailed account of assembling canoes built by of the famous voyagers, Mo‘ikeha from Kahiki, In the story of Keawe-nui-a-‘Umi (the rul- loved to surf in a canoe on the waves at Makaīwa Kamakau in Works of the People of Old, was a sailed to Kahiki and returned with breadfruit that expert canoe builder, Lulana. was planted at Pu‘uloa, in ‘Ewa on O‘ahu. Canoes of these deep ocean voyaging tra- No canoes as beautiful had ever been seen in olden times. They were twenty anana long [20 fathoms] and one anana and one iwilei [1 ½ voyaging was passed from masters to selected of the doings of this expert who was unequalled who knew the chants to control the elements. In no time the canoes were finished inside and included the po‘e kahuna kala‘i (canoe builder), ‘Umi, the chiefs, lesser chiefs, and commoners ers), po‘e hoe (paddlers), and the po‘e kama i became a favorite and was made chief over all canoe. flow of the tides are second nature. With train- ditions were given names imbuing them with series of articles celebrates Hawaii’s paddling traditions and honors those water men and women who perpetuate our unique ocean heritage. Keawe-nui-a-‘Umi. apprentices. They included kaula (priests) in his skill, he was filled with happiness and joy. Specialized jobs affiliated with canoe traditions ready to be hauled to the shore. Keawe-nui-ahauled the canoes to the shore of Hilo. Lulana kahuli pū who knew the art of righting a capsized the best watermen and women in the world. This fathoms] in depth. When Keawe-nui-a-‘Umi heard ho‘okele (navigators), kilo hoku (star gaz- ing in paddling and surfing, island keiki become special sacred qualities. Extensive knowledge of canoe experts (po’e kahuna kala’i) on Hawaii by HAWAIIAN CANOES According to artist Herb Kane, deep ocean voyaging between Hawai‘i and Tahiti declined prior to the arrival of the European voyagers in the Pacific. As the Hawaiian population grew in the islands, the function of canoes shifted from voyaging canoes to large canoes for chiefly 20 Pacific Paddler - February 2013 RESOURCES Chun, Naomi N. Y. Hawaiian canoe-building traditions. Illustrated by Robin Y. Burningham. Honolulu, HI: Kamehameha Schools/ Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate. Hau’ofa, Epeli 2008 We are the ocean: selected works. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. Kamakau, Samuel M. 1992 Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii. Translated by Mary Kawena Pukui. Honolulu: Kamehemeha Schools. (First published in 1961.) 1976 Works of the People of Old. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, pp. 118-122. Kane, Herb Kawainui 1998 “Evolution of the Hawaiian Canoe,” http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/ ike/kalai_waa/kane_evolution_hawaiian_canoe.html 1998 “In Search of the Ancient Polynesian Voyaging Canoe,” http:// pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/ike/kalai_waa/ kane_search_voyaging_canoe.html 1991 Voyagers. Bellevue, WA: Whalesong. Polynesian Voyaging Society Hawaiian Voyaging Traditions. http:// pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/index.html http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/ http://http:// http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/ike/kalai_waa/ http://http:// http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/index.html

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Pacific Paddler February 2013

Kanaka Ikaika's Waterman's Series
Maui Canoe and Kayak Club
Kauai Hoe Wa’a
Hawaii Island Paddle Sports
Vaka Eiva, Cook Islands
Santa Barbara - Return to the Pier
Unknown Factors
Hoena Wale No! Only Paddling! #1
Another Dam Race
Moloka’i World Championships
Keeping a Healthy Back
Law Enforcement Regatta
You can paddle, but can you swim?

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