He Lani Ko Luna, A Sky Above
"He Lani Ko Luna", A Sky Above
In Losing the Sight of Land, You Discover the Stars. A presentation on voyaging, oceanic exploration and way-finding, the indigenous system of navigation and orientation at sea. Presented by Emily Peavy and Chad Kālepa Baybayan.
Speaker Bios:
Chad Kālepa Baybayan holds a Masters degree in Education from Heritage College and under-graduate degree in Hawaiian studies from Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikölani, College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. Kālepa is a fluent speaker of the Hawaiian language and has served as captain and navigator aboard the Hawaiian deep-sea voyaging canoes Hōkūle’a, Hawai’iloa, and Hōkūalaka’i. He has been an active participant in the voyaging renaissance since 1975. In 2007, Kālepa along with four other Hawaiian men were initiated into the Order of Pwo, the exclusive society of practicing deep-sea navigators in a ceremony performed by their teacher, Master Navigator Mau Piailug, from the Carolinian island of Satawal. The ceremony symbolized the passage of young navigators into the elite hierarchy and society of the Traditional Master Navigator and it is the highest honor that an oceanic society can bestow as recognition of navigational competence. He currently is the Navigator in Residence at the ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi in Hilo.
Emily Peavy is an Astronomy Educator with 'Imiloa Astronomy Center. A graduate of the University of Hawai'i at Hilo with a BS. in Astronomy and a MEd. in Education. Emily focuses her work on live and interactive planetarium content.
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http://www.hokulea.com/voyages/our-st...
https://imiloahawaii.org/
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