since 1988, Pacific Traditions Society

Supports initiatives by ancestral voyaging educators, including the Taumako Traditional Voyaging School of Holau Vaka Taumako Association (HVTA).

HVTA aims are listed below:

Train youth to build vaka and navigate using ancient designs, methods & materials

Honor & protect Taumakoan cultural heritage & intellectual property rights

Accommodate local and international students at Lata Voyaging School of Taumako

Revive and create more sustainability, resilience, bio-diversity and food security

Reopen ancient seaways & re-establish peaceful voyaging partnerships and networks

Write, video, archive, and make films about ancient cultural knowledge of voyagers

Create and participate in cultural exchanges, presentations, and demonstrations

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Pacific Traditions Society stopped posting updates on this vaka.org website 3 years ago. PTS will soon launch a substack page about the past, present, and future projects, and most vaka.org contents will be on that page. See posts about the Vaka Taumako Project and other PTS projects since 2012 on Facebook pages "vakataumakoproject" and "george.mimi.56"

* PTS Strategic Plan for December 2023 - December 2026

* The Taumako Traditional Voyaging School of Holau Vaka Taumako Association needs a sustainable escort boat to fulfill government rules for teaching youth at sea on traditional vessels. Such a vessel would serve the entire region of SE Solomons and Northern Vanuatu.

* New article "Pacific Traditions Society 45 Years of Ancient Voyaging Culture Education"

* Since December, 2023 PTS administers a Gerda Henkel Stiftung grant for Holau Vaka Taumako Association and Pasana Group to each build a canoe house and an ancestral vessel...

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