celestial-body

Matariki

The Māori name and year-mark of the Pleiades. A calendar and a gathering, not a Greek myth of seven sisters imported to Aotearoa.

Māori tradition · Aotearoa

Matariki represents Pleiades.
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 is used in Calendar.
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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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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Matariki appears in Aotearoa.
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 used in Rite.
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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