Hikianalia Canoe Visit to Ventura Harbor &
Channel Islands Harbor - October 2018
Hikianalia Canoe Welcoming Ceremony was at the Ventura Harbor on Sunday morning, October 7, 2018. A beautiful day to welcome this magnificent waʻa (canoe). Mahalo to Julie Tumamait-Stenslie and the Chumash Nation and to Kumu Rona Koe, Hālau Hula O Pualaninaʻaualiʻioha, and to Kumu Pilialoha Christiansen, Ka Hale Hula O Pilialohaokalani O Hilo and my haumāna of Hula Hālau O Puananihaʻaheo. I am so humbled by this day of aloha and welcome for the Hikianalia and her brave and courageous crew. Mahalo Ke Akua!
[HD Video Recorded By: Lowell Edgar.]
Hikianalia welcomed at Ventura Harbor on Sunday, October 7, 2018.
Photo Credit: Robert Schwemmer
Hikianalia welcomed at Channel Islands Harbor
on Wednesday, October 10, 2018.
Photo Credit: Lowell Edgar
Photo Credit by: Victoria Happekotte Borjesson