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The Polynesian triangle. Between about 3000 and 1000 BC speakers of Austronesian languages spread through the islands of Southeast Asia – most likely starting out from Taiwan, [9] as tribes whose natives were thought to have previously arrived from mainland South China about 8000 years ago – into the edges of western Micronesia and on into Melanesia, through the Philippines and Indonesia.
In this region, a distinctive Polynesian culture developed. Within the next few centuries Polynesians reached Hawaii, New Zealand, Easter Island and possibly South America. Polynesian navigators used a range of tools and methods, including observation of birds, star navigation, and use of waves and swells to detect nearby land. Songs ...
Pius "Mau" Piailug (pronounced / ˈ p aɪ ə s ˈ m aʊ p iː ˈ aɪ l ə ɡ /; 1932 – 12 July 2010) was a Micronesian navigator from the Carolinian island of Satawal, best known as a teacher of traditional, non-instrument wayfinding methods for open-ocean voyaging.
The Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) is a non-profit research and educational corporation based in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. PVS was established to research and perpetuate traditional Polynesian voyaging methods. Using replicas of traditional double-hulled canoes, PVS undertakes voyages throughout Polynesia navigating without modern instruments.
Austronesians used distinctive sailing technologies, namely the catamaran, the outrigger ship, tanja sail and the crab claw sail.This allowed them to colonize a large part of the Indo-Pacific region during the Austronesian expansion starting at around 3000 to 1500 BC, and ending with the colonization of Easter Island and New Zealand in the 10th to 13th centuries AD.
The Heihei Café, a nod to Moana's clucky sidekick, is decorated with furniture that pays homage to traditional Polynesian seafaring vessels. The Jade Cricket Café honors the Fa family's cricket ...
Working ranch with tours of two historic houses Polynesian Cultural Center: Lā'ie: Oahu: Ethnic: Polynesian-themed living museum with displays of culture and craft, operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park: Hōnaunau: Big Island: Archaeology
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