With only the stars to guide them, they miraculously sailed over 3,200 kilometres in canoes to migrate to the Islands. Settlers from Tahiti arrived, bringing their beliefs in gods and demi-gods and instituting a strict social hierarchy. Hawaiian culture flourished over the centuries, giving rise to the art of the hula and the sport of surfing, but land division conflicts between ruling chieftains were common.
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