Lā 1: Pōʻaono, Pepeluali 25 Hawaiʻi to Tahiti
Auē ua hiti ē! ua hiti ē ʻo Nāhiku ē!
ʻAnoʻai me ke aloha kākou, ua hōʻea palekana mākou ka ʻohana Nāhiku ma Tahiti nei. The excitement of leaving home and traveling far to the south to visit our ʻohana in Tahiti has become our reality. We spent one final moment together with our ʻohana in Hawaiʻi to share pule and aloha before we left on a five hour flight from Honolulu to Papeʻete. An unusual thing we observed is that our mokulele (airplane) “Lehuakona” (a star name) approached Kahoʻolawe and turned south off the point of Kealaikahiki (the pathway to Tahiti) which was the ancestral navigational pathway of our kūpuna. When we arrived at Faʻaʻā Internaitonal Airport we were greeted by the sounds of the Tahitian ʻukulele, lei tiare and the warm inviting air of Tahiti.
On board the plane with us were crew members of the Hōkūleʻa, who will be taking on the next leg of the Mālama Honua voyage from Rapa Nui up to Tahiti. While on the plane we had the opportunity to watch an episode of “Family Ingredients” that featured the Tahitian dish Poisson Cru (raw fish). The show gave us a preview of the places in Tahiti that we will travel like Papeʻete, Tautira and Moʻorea, along with the connection to the Mālama Honua Voyage thru crew member Maui Tauotaha, and also a connection to one of Nāhiku’s pre-huakaʻi guest speakers Heimata Hall who shared stories of their homeland, their families and of how they prepare this ʻono raw fish dish.
We will be staying at the Tahiti Pearl Beach Hotel for the next couple of days, overlooking the beautiful bay of Matavai and echoing the sound of the crashing waves at the shore. We are preparing ourselves for the amazing experiences that lay ahead of us. Mahalo for all the pule and aloha being sent our way!
Mauruuru!
-ʻOhana Nāhiku
ʻAnoʻai me ke aloha kākou, ua hōʻea palekana mākou ka ʻohana Nāhiku ma Tahiti nei. The excitement of leaving home and traveling far to the south to visit our ʻohana in Tahiti has become our reality. We spent one final moment together with our ʻohana in Hawaiʻi to share pule and aloha before we left on a five hour flight from Honolulu to Papeʻete. An unusual thing we observed is that our mokulele (airplane) “Lehuakona” (a star name) approached Kahoʻolawe and turned south off the point of Kealaikahiki (the pathway to Tahiti) which was the ancestral navigational pathway of our kūpuna. When we arrived at Faʻaʻā Internaitonal Airport we were greeted by the sounds of the Tahitian ʻukulele, lei tiare and the warm inviting air of Tahiti.
On board the plane with us were crew members of the Hōkūleʻa, who will be taking on the next leg of the Mālama Honua voyage from Rapa Nui up to Tahiti. While on the plane we had the opportunity to watch an episode of “Family Ingredients” that featured the Tahitian dish Poisson Cru (raw fish). The show gave us a preview of the places in Tahiti that we will travel like Papeʻete, Tautira and Moʻorea, along with the connection to the Mālama Honua Voyage thru crew member Maui Tauotaha, and also a connection to one of Nāhiku’s pre-huakaʻi guest speakers Heimata Hall who shared stories of their homeland, their families and of how they prepare this ʻono raw fish dish.
We will be staying at the Tahiti Pearl Beach Hotel for the next couple of days, overlooking the beautiful bay of Matavai and echoing the sound of the crashing waves at the shore. We are preparing ourselves for the amazing experiences that lay ahead of us. Mahalo for all the pule and aloha being sent our way!
Mauruuru!
-ʻOhana Nāhiku