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  2. Karakia - Wikipedia

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    Karakia are Māori incantations and prayer used to invoke spiritual guidance and protection. [1] They are also considered a formal greeting when beginning a ceremony . According to legend, there was a curse on the Waiapu River which was lifted when George Gage (Hori Keeti) performed karakia.

  3. Tangihanga - Wikipedia

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    After the burial, the home of the deceased and the place where the deceased died are ritually cleansed with karakia (prayers or incantations) and desanctified with food and drink, in a ceremony called takahi whare, 'tramping the house'. [6] That night, the pō whakangahau ('night of entertainment') is a night of relaxation and rest. The widow ...

  4. Death of Tūheitia - Wikipedia

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    His death came less than two weeks after hosting his eighteenth koroneihana, the annual celebration of his coronation. As the Māori monarchy is not hereditary by right, leaders of tribes associated with the Kīngitanga gathered to elect Tūheitia's successor during his tangihanga (funeral rites), which lasted five days.

  5. Īhenga - Wikipedia

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    Then he buried him. In the night, Tuhoromatakakā's ghost came to Īhenga and forebade him from asking for food or water, taught him karakia, and dispatched him to Maketu to be cleansed from the tapu of the funeral at the hands of Kahumatamomoe. [6] Īhenga snuck into Kahumatamomoe's house and seated himself on Kahumatamomoe's pillow, a sacred ...

  6. Religion of Māori people - Wikipedia

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    After the burial, the home of the deceased and the place they died are ritually cleansed with karakia (prayers or incantations) and desanctified with food and drink, in a ceremony called takahi whare (trampling the house). That night, the pō whakangahau (night of entertainment) is a night of relaxation and rest. The widow or widower is not ...

  7. Karanga (Māori culture) - Wikipedia

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    This includes exchanging greetings, paying tribute to the dead (especially those who have most recently died), and referring to the reason for the groups' coming together. It has an important function in building connections between tangata whenua and manuhiri (guests), and setting the agenda for the gathering.

  8. Hakaraia Wilson, New Zealand MMA Fighter, Dies at 26 After ...

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    The MMA community has lost a young talent. Hakaraia Wilson, an MMA fighter from New Zealand, has died at age 26, according to multiple outlets including Te Ao News and The New Zealand Herald ...

  9. Māui (Māori mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Māui's older brothers always refused to let him come fishing with them. One night, he wove for himself a flax fishing line and enchanted it with a karakia to give it strength; to this he attached the magic fish-hook made from the jaw-bone that his grandmother Murirangawhenua had given him.