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"Poi E" is a song by New Zealand group Pātea Māori Club off the album of the same name. Released in 1983, the song was sung entirely in the Māori language and featured a blend of Māori cultural practices in the song and accompanying music video, including Māori chanting, poi dancing, and the wearing of traditional Māori kākahu (garments).
"Ngoi Ngoi" is a song by Pātea Māori Club. Originally included in the band's 1987 debut album Poi E, it was released as a single in 1988.A Māori language pop/Gospel song, it was written as a tribute to lyricist Ngoi Pēwhairangi by Dalvanius Prime and people from her community in Tokomaru Bay who were close to her.
"Aku Raukura" (English: "Waving White Feathers"), also known as "Raukura", is a song by Pātea Māori Club. Originally written in sessions with Ngoi Pēwhairangi and Dalvanius Prime in Tokomaru Bay in 1982, it was released as their second single in June 1984, during the chart success of their debut hit "Poi E".
It was eventually given Korean lyrics and a Korean title, "Yeonga" (Korean: 연가), and has become popular across the country. [16] [17] The melody of "Pōkarekare Ana" was used for an Irish hymn to the Blessed Virgin: "A Mhuire Mháthair, sé seo mo ghuí". [2] [18] A homophonous translation into Hebrew was composed in 2007 by Ghil'ad Zuckermann.
Poi E is an album released by New Zealand Māori music group the Pātea Māori Club. In 1984, the Māori language title track "Poi E" topped the New Zealand pop charts for four consecutive weeks, and was that year's biggest selling single - outselling all international recording artists. [ 1 ]
The largest of these was "Poi E" performed by the Pātea Māori Club, which became the top single of 1984. After the 1986 Te Reo Māori claim at the Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 11), which argued that Māori language was a taonga (treasure) that the New Zealand Government was obliged to protect, Māori music and Māori language broadcasting became ...
Te Kumeroa "Ngoingoi" Pēwhairangi QSM (29 December 1921 – 29 January 1985) was a prominent teacher of, and advocate for, Māori language and culture, and the composer of many songs, including Poi E. She spearheaded the Māori Renaissance in the late 1970s and early 1980s. [1] [2]
UHSN (Hangul/Chosongul: 유학소녀; RR: Yuhagsonyeo; Hanja: 留學少女; lit.Study Abroad Girl) was a Korean reality show produced by Mnet. 10 international female K-pop fans were invited to Korea to learn about Korean popular music, culture, cuisine and history for 3 weeks.