I'm watching a Globe Trekker about NZ, and Ian got to meet some of the Maori. It was so cute--a visitor who has entered the meeting hall is meant to sing a song, so Ian picked "Yesterday." He's not too bad, but not the best. They have some beautiful songs and I love seeing the young people upholding the culture. The canoes are gorgeous vessels. I don't travel, but I'd love to visit NZ.
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Quoth TheSHAD0W View Posto/^ "A New Zealander man with a permanent tan, that's a Maooooriiiiii..."I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
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Watch this fascinating thing
Tiny ball on end of string
Tiny ball (tiny ball)
He, he, he-aaaahhhhh!
(from a song about the Maori art of Poi.)Seshat's self-help guide:
1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.
"All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.
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Quoth Seshat View PostWatch this fascinating thing
Tiny ball on end of string
Tiny ball (tiny ball)
He, he, he-aaaahhhhh!
(from a song about the Maori art of Poi.)
ETA: Yes I've whacked myself in the face a few times while trying to practice some maneuvers.The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom
Now queen of USSR-Land...
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Quoth Food Lady View PostHee!--Ian just rolled down a hill in a huge inflated ball in Queenstown.
The film "Whale Rider" also shows SOME aspects of Maori culture (not all of them but some).
And if anyone's ever watched a rugby game with the New Zealand All Blacks, they would have seen a haka It can be used as a welcome dance, a war dance, a celebration dance or an entertainment dance. This is one of the more famous ones.The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom
Now queen of USSR-Land...
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All I know about the Maori I learned from an incredibly sad movie called "Once Were Warriors".
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