Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 29, Number 9, 1 Kepakemapa 2012 — DESMOND TUTU BLESSES HŌKŪLEʻA [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DESMOND TUTU BLESSES HŌKŪLEʻA

Nobel Peaee Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu blessed the Hōkūle'a in Māmala Bay on Aug. 7, about four months after the Dalai Lama blessed the voyaging eanoe during a visit to Honolulu in April. "As we consider sailing around the world (in 2013), it's very important for us to know that these kinds of leaders are caring of our (Hawai'i's) eanoe," said Polynesian Voyaging Society President Nainoa Thompson. "These are leaders whom we admire and for whom we have enormous respect for their lifetime of fighting for human rights and improving the condition of not just their home country but of the world." The recent blessing was done during a private ceremony at Honolulu Community College's Marine Education and Training Center at Sand lsland. The archbishop and his group then joined crewmembers for a 40-minute sail in Hawaiian waters, where the archbishop, left, tried his hand on the steering sweep with crew member Keahi Omai and Thompson. - Courtesy: Justyn Ah Chong/Palikū Documentary Films

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