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Cultural Concepts Flashcards

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Whakapapa

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Genealogy, kinship responsibility, link to atua (joining of physical and spiritual).

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Tikanga/Tikanga Māori

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“Correct”/”Natural”/Māori way of doing things. Guided by tapu and noa. Has practical/pragmatic applications.

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Whenua

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Land/Placenta.

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Te Taha Kikokiko/Te Ao Kikokiko

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The physical aspects of world.

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Te Taha Wairua/Te Ao Wairua

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The spiritual aspects of the world.

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Tapu

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“Set apart”, special.

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Noa

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Ordinary, mundane, everyday things - noa objects can remove tapu e.g sprinkling yourself with water (noa) after encountering death (tapu).

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Mana

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Respect, prestige

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Mana tangata

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Mana from people, earned through own achievements

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Mana whenua

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Mana from the land - the right to do things with the land but the responsibility to take care of it

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Mana atua

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Power/mana gained from atua, main source of mana, everyone has it

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Mana tīpuna/tūpuna

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Mana gained from whakapapa/ancestors and their achievements

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Mana wahine

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Mana of being a woman

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Whakanoa

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To make something noa- counteracting/lifting/opposing tapu

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Mua

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Time: Past. Space: in front.

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Muri

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Time: Future. Space: Behind.

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Utu

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Reciprocity/Revenge. Modern usage+price of something. Utu always increases with each exchange. Always enacted in the physical world (passes on to your descendents)

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Hara

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Tip the balance/commit a sin

19
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Ea

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Restore the balance/settled

20
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Tuku

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Gift-giving.

21
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Wairua

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Soul/life-force. Implanted in embryo by parents when eyes develop. Attached to a person for their life, exists as separate entity after death.

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Mauri

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Life-principal. Gives existence/holds things together. Can be strengthened and diminished. Stays with you after death and disintegrates as you do. Can be destroyed by cooking.

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Manaaki

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Caring for each other/kinship solidarity through mutual support.

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