Hoki Mai Challenge: 500-kilometer Polynesian canoe journey launched from Rapa Nui

Hoki Mai Challenge: 500-kilometer Polynesian canoe journey launched from Rapa Nui

This morning the launch of the Hoki Mai Challengewhich consists of a 500-kilometre journey in a Polynesian canoe from Easter Island until the Motu Motiro Hiva Parkon the Salas y Gomez Island. The vessel will be manned by six oarsmen from different parts of the Polynesian triangle -among which there will be two members of the Chilean Navy- and she will be accompanied by a ship from that institution, on a journey that will take place between December 3 and 8.

The main objectives of this unprecedented initiative are to make a call for the protection of the oceans, deliver a message of cultural union, brotherhood and conservation of ancestral traditions through sport; and pay tribute to the Rapanui women and the world, acknowledging their struggle for the well-being of their peoples. The latter, with the carving of the first ‘vahine’ moai (woman moai).



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