tradition
Māori tradition
The knowledge, story, and ritual worlds of Māori. Matariki as a year-marker is one such knowledge; it is not a generic “Indigenous star lore.”
Also known as Māori
Meetings with this tradition
Aotearoa
Māori tradition appears in Aotearoa.
Māori tradition is of Aotearoa. Matariki is one knowledge of that place.
from Rangi Matamua · Matariki: The Star of the Year, 2017
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Matariki belongs to Māori tradition.
Matariki is Māori knowledge of those stars. It is not a generic Indigenous Pleiades.
from Rangi Matamua · Matariki: The Star of the Year, 2017
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Meetings in this tradition's context
Aotearoa
Matariki is the Māori name and year-mark of the Pleiades cluster. Same lights, a different calendar and gathering.
from Rangi Matamua · Matariki: The Star of the Year, 2017
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Matariki marks the Māori year. Rangi Matamua describes the cluster as a seasonal and social marker in Aotearoa.
from Rangi Matamua · Matariki: The Star of the Year, 2017
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The year-mark is observed in Aotearoa. Geography matters; the cluster is also visible elsewhere under other names.
from Rangi Matamua · Matariki: The Star of the Year, 2017
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Matariki is observed with gathering and year-rites. Matamua describes a living knowledge, not a reconstructed paganism.
from Rangi Matamua · Matariki: The Star of the Year, 2017
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sources
- Matariki: The Star of the Year · Rangi Matamua
Rangi Matamua, Matariki: The Star of the Year.