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Hui : a study of Māori ceremonial gatherings / Anne Salmond.

Nā: Momo rauemi: TextTextKaiwhakaputa:Auckland [N.Z.] : Heinemann Reed, 1990.Whakaahuatanga: xi, 226 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0790002051
  • 9780790002057
  • 047400032X
  • 9780474000324
Ngā marau: DDC classification:
  • 392.0993 20
Contents:
History -- The setting: "a place to stand" -- Staging -- The rituals of encounter -- Central activities and hui types.
Summary: "When Maori people gather for a Hui, they have immediate access to an ancestral world which remains a living reality for as long as the hui lasts. Hui incorporate all Maori ceremonial gatherings: openings of new marae, tangihanga (funerals), hurahanga kohatu (unveilings), birthdays and anniversaries, and tribal policy making. This book introduces us to all aspects of the hui and its significance to Maori. It is a definitive study of ceremonial gatherings and the rituals that are the life blood of the marae"--Publisher's description.
Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.
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First ed. published: Wellington, N.Z. : A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1975.

This ed. originally published: Reed Methuen, 1987.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-217) and index.

History -- The setting: "a place to stand" -- Staging -- The rituals of encounter -- Central activities and hui types.


"When Maori people gather for a Hui, they have immediate access to an ancestral world which remains a living reality for as long as the hui lasts. Hui incorporate all Maori ceremonial gatherings: openings of new marae, tangihanga (funerals), hurahanga kohatu (unveilings), birthdays and anniversaries, and tribal policy making. This book introduces us to all aspects of the hui and its significance to Maori. It is a definitive study of ceremonial gatherings and the rituals that are the life blood of the marae"--Publisher's description.

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