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2. Hei-tiki - Wikipedia

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   The mockumentary film Hei Tiki was released in 1935, with a New York Times review describing the plot as being about a "chieftain's daughter who is declared tabu and destined to be the bride of the war god", attributing the title to mean "love charm" (a Hei-tiki pendant interpretation).

3. Pounamu - Wikipedia

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   The Māori word pounamu is derived from namu, an archaic word that describes blue-green (or 'grue') cognate with Tahitian ninamu. [2] Pounamu, also used in New Zealand English, in itself refers to two main types of green stone valued for carving: nephrite jade, classified by Māori as kawakawa, kahurangi, īnanga, and other names depending on colour; and translucent bowenite, a type of ...

4. Jewellery in the Pacific - Wikipedia

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   Pacific jewellery has now lost much of its former strong cultural meaning. Most Pacific jewellery now is created for the sole purpose of commercial and tourist profits. Indeed, some pieces of jewellery have become major symbols of the Pacific's lifestyle to tourists, such as leis in Hawaii , which are now commonly associated with that area and ...

5. Manaia (mythological creature) - Wikipedia

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   Manaia pounamu carving. The Manaia is a mythological creature in Māori culture, and is a common motif in Māori carving [1] and jewellery.. The Manaia is usually depicted as having the head of a bird and the tail of a fish and the body of a man, though it is sometimes depicted as a bird, a serpent, or a human figure in profile.

6. Yupei - Wikipedia

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   Yupei (Chinese: 玉佩; pinyin: Yùpèi) is composed of the Chinese character yu (Chinese: 玉) which literally means 'jade' and pei (Chinese: 佩) which means 'pendant'. While the term 'jade' typically refer to nephrite and jadeite in scholarly literature, the character yu (Chinese: 玉) in China can also be applied to other forms of precious ...

7. Lingling-o - Wikipedia

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   Lingling-o or ling-ling-o are a type of penannular or double-headed pendant or amulet that have been associated with various late Neolithic to late Iron Age Austronesian cultures. Most lingling-o were made in jade workshops in the Philippines, and to a lesser extent in the Sa Huỳnh culture of Vietnam, although the raw jade was mostly sourced ...

8. The meaning behind the ‘M’ necklace Hoda Kotb wears every day

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   Then I have an ‘I love you Mama’ on this one,” she explained. “All of them are my girls.” Hoda revealed in January 2022 that the "M" on one of her necklaces stands for Mom.

9. Waka huia - Wikipedia

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   The term "waka huia" is also occasionally used figuratively, as in the TVNZ television programme Waka Huia.This is a long-running TV series (since 1987) aiming to record and preserve Māori culture and customs as well as covering social and political concerns, presented completely in te reo Māori (language).