Basket Culture

April 1st 2007
We received a generous grant from the Silkroad Foundation of the Arts for Basket Cultures that made this trip to Moana possible. We will study the Music of Maile Cultures in Moana. The weaving of baskets and other objects was once such a highly developed skill that many of the pieces made by Hawaiian women of old are considered works of art today. Their deft fingers propelled by creative minds ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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More than two centuries after Captain James Cook's voyages of discovery, Aloha Jane (aka the Pineapple Princess) and I are going on a journey across the hemispheres and through the centuries. Our plan is to recreate the voyages, adventures, discoveries & explorations of Captain Cook in the Pacific. Our only hope is that we don't meet the same fate as the good Captain. And now we learned that we have been commissioned for another voyage to go where Captain Cook has gone before. Our preparation begins for our second journey across the Pacific to Moana. On this voyage we will continue our se... full info

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