Date uploaded: 2022-10-28 16:28:43
As an apprentice navigator and Native Hawaiian voyager, Kala Baybayan Tanaka taps into her heritage to observe nature – the stars above her, the wind against her skin, the way the water flotsams and jetsams, the birds soaring past – to sail across the ocean in a voyaging canoe, or wa'a, to other Pacific islands.
She is part of the growing number of women who are partaking in the once male-only tradition of wayfinding. Click the link in bio to learn more about how Tanaka and other women are trying to keep the Hawaiian tradition alive.
