They first settled by the water and set up farming systems, with a second group of settlers, the Tahitians, arriving hundreds of years later. The Polynesians from the Marquesas Islands were the first to reach the Hawaiian Islands, around AD 300 to 600. However, when they began to travel again, they did so with great gusto and eventually reached Hawaii, Tahiti, and New Zealand. Scientists attribute the “Long Pause” to a lack of boating technology that was able to overcome the wind and natural forces. For about 2,000 years, no one seemed to go anywhere from the original Polynesian mainland. However, before this settlement, there was a “Long Pause” in Polynesian sailing that is depicted in the Disney movie Moana among other aspects of Hawaiian culture.
Polynesians were the first ones who were successful at using ancient technology to bring people across the ocean to inhabit these dots of land that were rife with volcanic activity such as Hawaii and Tahiti. When Captain Cook discovered that indigenous Hawaiians spoke a language closer to the South Pacific Islands than any other language, the mystique of the Hawaiian and Polynesian people in Western lore began. Polynesian and Hawaiian culture has intrigued the Western world for centuries. Get all the latest fantasy news with every issue of SciFiNow.Disney’s “Moana” Compared to True Hawaiian Culture Together, they sail across the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous monsters and impossible odds, and along the way, Moana fulfills the ancient quest of her ancestors and discovers the one thing she’s always sought: her own identity.ĭirected by the renowned filmmaking team of Ron Clements and John Musker ( The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Princess & the Frog) and produced by Osnat Shurer ( Lifted, One Man Band), Moana sails into US theatres on 23 November, 2016. During her journey, Moana (voice of Auli’i Cravalho) meets the once-mighty demigod Maui (voice of Dwayne Johnson), who guides her in her quest to become a master wayfinder. But then, for a millennium, their voyages stopped – and no one knows why.įrom Walt Disney Animation Studios comes Moana, a sweeping, CG-animated feature film about an adventurous teenager who sails out on a daring mission to save her people. Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. Get even more excited for Moana with the film’s official synopsis, which you can read here: In this new clip, our heroine Moana meets the Maui, shapeshifter, demigod of the wind and sea, hero of men and women, but she’s not much of a fan. Is anyone else already obsessed with Disney’s Moana even though it’s not even out yet?
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