Maori cultural customs, ceremonies, and values, one custom or term per card.
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- Ātea
- The open courtyard area in front of a marae's meeting house
- Karanga
- The ceremonial call of welcome performed by women during a pōwhiri
- Haka
- The Maori posture dance, performed for various ceremonial occasions
- Hongi
- The traditional Maori greeting of pressing noses and foreheads together
- Hangi
- A traditional method of cooking food in an earth oven
- Wharenui
- The carved meeting house at the center of a marae
- Tā moko
- Traditional Maori tattooing, carrying genealogical and personal significance
- Koha
- A gift or donation, given as a customary gesture of reciprocity
- Pepeha
- A formal self-introduction that names one's mountain, river, and tribal connections
- Kapa haka
- A performing group, and the art form, of Maori song and dance
- Poi
- A ball on a cord swung in rhythmic performance, a traditional Maori dance
- Taonga
- A treasured object or resource, something precious
- Rāhui
- A temporary ceremonial restriction placed on an area or resource
- Wharekai
- The dining hall on a marae complex
- Tangihanga
- The traditional Maori funeral and mourning process
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