Light at the Edge of the World: The Wayfinders Part 3

The Wayfinders of Polynesia inhabited the largest culturesphere in human history, spanning one fifth of the surface of the planet. Navigators of the sea, Wayfinders used wave pattern 'fingerprints' and the stars to travel to thousands of islands. However, this culture that once flourished over 25 million square kilometres of ocean, has seen much of its history and tradition die out. To preserve Wayfinding, one Hawaiian native learns this art form of navigation and designs a traditional Polynesian boat to sail across the islands. Wade Davis accompanies him on one of these journeys to learn and listen as he shares his emotional story of overcoming stereotypes and disillusionment to embrace the culture of his ancestors. Complemented with commentary from a Polynesian scholar, The Wayfinders offers an in-depth look into the life of this ancient culture.

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[JUKIO01]

@hamogunjafarmer ah columbus, hes such a big phony. there was a european who was there before columbus, a viking, forgot his name, you can try googling it. plus columbus never even stepped a single foot in the americas, the whole story is a phony

[hamogunjafarmer]

Many think so including mormons. Polynesians are of Asian origin coming from the west Tonga and Samoa, not east from the Americas.Current research in Chile may also conclude that Polynesians discovered the Americas before Columbus.

Manuia

[jfreesprt]

That one petroglyph of a man with circles around his eyes looks like the one of the king/seer of copan, peru. Amazing!

[jfreesprt]

"Polynesian Genius" I love that! The way they "see it with their mind"...of course! I wonder in the ancient past do you think the Polynesian are related to the Native Americans....I do! Geniuss all, in their own rite!