Saturday night we went to Waimea Falls to see Papa Mau, The Wayfinder.
This is a documentary type of film that is about this man, Papa Mau, who taught
a group of modern day Hawaiians the art of celestial navigation. This is
something that very, few people actually knew how to do. He helped the
first crews of the Hawaiian sailing canoe, Hokule'a sail from Hawaii to Tahiti without
the use of any instruments, only the knowledge of the stars, currents and wind.
It really is an amazing story. You realize what a feat it was for the early Polynesians
to travel between groups of islands.
The movie is on the film festival tour, and then will be shown on PBS. If you have a chance
it's a must see!
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