Whaikorero : Hunga Mate 1
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Author:REREKURA Sam
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ISBN:9780473140687
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Publication Date:January 2008
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Pages:133
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Binding:Paperback
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Publisher:Te Whare Wananga o Ngapuhi-nui-tonu
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Country of Publication:Australia
Whaikorero : Hunga Mate 1
-
Author:REREKURA Sam
-
ISBN:9780473140687
-
Publication Date:January 2008
-
Pages:133
-
Binding:Paperback
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Publisher:Te Whare Wananga o Ngapuhi-nui-tonu
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Country of Publication:Australia
Description
2025 Reprint
This book and accompanying CD focus on the most important sub-dicipline of the art form known as Hunga Mate - properly tanslated as 'the dead' or more appropriately the 'sacred references to the dead'. It is a study of formulaic sacred references to the dead and formal conclusions in indigenous oral literature, and also provides an insight into the traditional beliefs regarding the spitual realm.
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2025 Reprint
This book and accompanying CD focus on the most important sub-dicipline of the art form known as Hunga Mate - properly tanslated as 'the dead' or more appropriately the 'sacred references to the dead'. It is a study of formulaic sacred references to the dead and formal conclusions in indigenous oral literature, and also provides an insight into the traditional beliefs regarding the spitual realm.