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Hōkūleʻa is welcomed in Tahiti in 1976

Preview A sailing canoe sits in a Tahitian bay, surrounded by crowds of onlookers, and several smaller canoes full of people there to celebrate the occasion.
(Polynesian Voyaging Society)

The arrival of Hōkūleʻa in Tahiti 1976. More than 17,000 people attended to celebrate this historic landing within the canoe's first long voyage, from Hawai`i to Tahiti and back.