right|240px|thumb|Stern of Port (nautical)|portside hull and center [[steering oar]] right|240px|thumb|Hōkūle‘a, under tow, in Ōshima District, Yamaguchi|Ōshima channel, Yamaguchi-prefecture, Japan
right|240px|thumb|Stern of Port (nautical)|portside hull and center [[steering oar]] right|240px|thumb|Hōkūle‘a, under tow, in Ōshima District, Yamaguchi|Ōshima channel, Yamaguchi-prefecture, Japan
Hōkūlea () is a performance-accurate waa kaulua, a Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe. Launched on 8 March 1975 by the Polynesian Voyaging Society, it is best known for its 1976 Hawaiʻi to Tahiti voyage completed with exclusively traditional navigation techniques. The primary goal of the voyage was to explore the anthropological theory of the Asiatic origin of native Oceanic people (Polynesians and Hawaiians in particular) as the result of purposeful trips through the Pacific Ocean, as opposed to passive drifting on currents or sailing from the Americas. DNA analysis supports this theory. A secondary project goal was to have the canoe and voyage "serve as vehicles for the cultural revitalization of Hawaiians and other Polynesians."
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