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In addition to cultural performances, the ceremony included remarks by Paul Jr.

After an exchange of landing protocols between the Kumeyaay Nation and the Hōkūleʻa crew, they proceeded to Waterfront Park for a welcome ceremony. The flotilla escorted the voyaging canoe to the dock at the Maritime Museum of San Diego where the Kumeyaay tribal hosts awaited the crew’s arrival and greeted them with song and chants.

Hōkūleʻa arrived in San Diego yesterday afternoon, the final stop on the US leg of the Moananuiākea Voyage.Īs Hōkūleʻa entered North San Diego Bay and approached Harbor Island Park, the canoe was greeted by dozens of paddlers from the Coronado Canoe Club and other canoe organizations.