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Thursday 23 July 2020

Powhiri

Hello today we have been learning and understanding about what a powhiri is.

A powhiri is a Maori tradition. It is a welcoming ceremony. In a powhiri you will find the Manuhiri (Visitor(s) the Tangata Whenua (people of the marae) and more interesting guest.

You will also notice that when they walk the Manahiri into the marae 
will be a lady in front leading them in and another lady at the main area singing a greeting to welcome the Manahiri.

The Tangata Whenua will sing there waiata. Then at the end the Manuhiri will do a hongi with the Tangata Whenua. 

What I enjoyed about this was learning was every thing

What I found challenging was writing it in my own words

My next goals is to write a lot more paragraphs.

Have you been to a Powhiri

To be continued!

1 comment:

  1. Tino pai Sunia. You did a great job of putting this information in your own words. That's a really important skill to have. Are you looking forward to the pōwhiri tomorrow?

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