lecture 9 - marae Flashcards
What is the Lapita culture?
Group of people who explored the East Pacific, the ancestors of the Maori people
What is the purpose of marae when they first developed in the Pacific?
Celestial navigation - a point of fixed latitude. People returned to share knowledge of stars, oceans, new land
What is the oldest Marae of ancient polynesia, found in the society islands?
Taputapuatea
What is a pa-kainga/papa kainga/pa?
A community consisting of the marae and its inhabitants and their dwellings
What is the ceremonial courtyard of a marae/pa?
The marae atea
What part of the marae did rangatira have as their ‘stage’ with which to exert authority?
The marae atea
What was the role of the marae atea?
Rangatira controlled, place for communciation of knowledge of whakapapa and tikanga
What part of a marae did tohunga control?
The tuahu
Where was the tuahu of the marae located?
Hidden from view
Who manages the tapu at a marae?
The kaumatua
What is the meeting house of a marae, which embodies an ancestor?
Whare tupuna
In a marae, what is the whare whakairo?
Carved meeting house
In a marae, what is the wharenui?
Main meeting house
In a marae, what is the kauta?
The cooking shed
In a marae, what is the wharekai?
kitchen
