A new Hilo Wayfinding Festival is taking place this week through the weekend at the Imiloa Astronomy Center. With Hokualaka'i captain Chad Kalepa Baybayan as Resident Navigator, Imiloa has applied for and received funding for the festival which will feature many presentations and activities. Knot tying, canoe mele nane, Hawaiian star compass demonstration, planetarium shows, and much more. There will be a female navigators panel discussion facilitated by Imiloa Associate Director Ka'iu Kimura, featuring Katherine Fuller, Ka'iulani Murphy, Pomai Bertlemann and Chantell Ching. Saturday will feature "Honoring the Founders", a talk on the historical perspective of wayfinding by UH anthropologist and author Ben Finney. Sunday will feature "Mau Voyager", a recently released documentary, and "Significance of the Pwo", featuring Master Navigator Kalepa Baybayan.