The Maori elders have always been the wisdom keepers of the Indigenous Maori libraries of knowledge. These tribal lores were shared orally through stories (ancient purakau), waiata (songs), moteatea (historical chants), pakiwaitara (stories told over the pots while cooking), oriori (chants that contained history and genealogy that were repetitively sound as lullabies to babies), takutaku (prescriptive old songs that incited the spiritual phenomena) and karakia (prayers that incited the spirits of nature for various purposes). Seeing that the Maori culture is an oral culture, the transmission of the values and beliefs was shared through experiences of being together on the marae. After many years of colonisation, academics from the dominant culture have turned and twisted the ancient stories of our ancestors, until they no longer resemble the authentic meaning of te ao Maori (the Maori world). This page seeks to peer through an authentic lens so that we are aware of the subliminal messages we may be sharing with our mokopuna. The focus being on sharing authentic purakau that builds leaders not followers. Values and beliefs that have not been influenced by the dominant culture with the intentions of demeaning future generations of Maori mokopuna. Rather the intention of this page is to build on the self esteem, mana (power, prestige, and pride) and arohanui (unconditional love) for mokopuna, their whanau and the environment in which they live. So nau mai harere mai to this page. Welcome! Let the sharing begin ....!
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 05:27:05 +0000
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