Celebrations+&+Ceremonies

=Celebrations & Ceremonies= The meeting house which is called the Whare( FAR-EE) is where they meet to talk about ceremonial occasions, like weddings and funerals. The house has a cooking house, dining halls, meeting rooms, sleeping rooms, and showers.
 * Where are the ceremonies planned?**

Matariki is the new year of the maori tribe because Matariki was determined as a crop. Therefore it was important to know what part it played in nature's cycle.
 * What do they celebrate and why?**

One of the celebrations are the Matariki, which is the Maori New Year. Matariki is the name for seven stars known as the Pleiades star cluster. It is often reffered as the Seven Sisters. The Matariki starts in the last few days of May. This symbolizes the coming Maori New Year. However the new moon shows that it is the New Year.
 * When and what celebrations are happening?**

The Matariki can last up to 3 days.
 * How long do the Celebrations last?**

One of the the important ceremonies are the **Maori Death and Ritual** because when a loved one passes away, the process of adorning the body takes place.The Maori Death and Ritual is the most important because the Maori people believe that when a loved one dies they think that they should be addressed and remembered. Also the Te Marena, The Korowei and the Powhiri.
 * What are some of the important ceremonies?**

The **Te Marena** is a ceremony of a wedding and wedding vows.

The **Korowei** ceremony is a ceremony that becomes a living and unique romantic gesture.

The **Powhiri** is a ritual of encounter.

Maori Death and Ritual: The hair of the body is traditionally oiled, combed and decorated with feathers. People put perfume on the body and it is dressed very nicely. The maori culture like most cultures has the family and friends gather together to grieve openly and loudly. Te Marena: The maori preist commeces ceremony and the couples exchange vows. They are serended by a famouse maori love song called"Pokarekare ana"
 * How do they perform thier ceremonies?**

Korowei: This reinforces the husband and wife's mutal love and respect to one another. The placing of the Korowei(cloak of love) atound the women depicts his love will surround her for the rest of her life. The Hongi seals this ceremony.

Powhiri: Traditionally it is a process to find if a visiting persons a friend or an enemy. Once it is known if the person is a freind, then the fromall welcoming begins by the host.

The powhir begins with the **karanga**, which is high pitched voice of women from both sides callling eache other to exchange information to befin the establish intebt and pupose of the visit. Traditional times a **wero** or a challanges was performed by a worrier or worriers, avancing on the manuhiri to look them over. The tangata will perform the **haka powhiri**, which is a chant and dance of welcome. A mihi is a exchange of greeting.

=Annotated Bibliography= http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000136 November 25, 2008 Note: SIRS Discoverer is a very informational website. We had found some information about the tribe ,but only a paragraph. The rest of the information wasn't related to the topic.The page I saw in the website gave me a lot of information about what the Maori people celebrated, what they do, and why they do it. This website says all the days of when the celebration is.

November 26,2008 http://www.fiu.edu/~harveyb/maorideath.htm I think this site has a good explanation of what the process of the ceremony is and explains why it is one of the important ceremonies. It had lots of good information.

November 30,2008 http://www.maoriweddings.co.nz/temarena.html Note: This site tells about what the wedding ceremony is and the procedure of. It gave enough information to answer what the ceremony is and how they perform it.

November 30,2008 http://www.maoriweddings.com/weddingvows.htm Note: This site explains the Korowei ceremony by saying what the ceremony is and how it is perform. I think it is a good explanation and has good pictures.

November 30,2008 http://maaori.com/misc/powhiri.htm Note: This site is great because it gives a lot of information of the Powhiri ceremony.