lecture 9: tangihanga (death and mourning) Flashcards
different stars
- waipunatangi
- hiwaiterangi
- waita
- waiti
- ururangi
- matariki
- tupuarangi
- tupuanku
- pohutukawa
pohutakawa
connects with those who have passed on
te waka o rangi
- maori believe when someone dies their spirit leaves their body and goes on a great journey
- they are gathered in a great net behind a waka and strung as stars in the sky
process of tangihanga/takiaue
- body prepared for burial
- taken to a place and mourned
- visitors welcomed, speeches made
- body is buried
- whanau is brought back in to the world of the living
“He mamae, he aroha; waimarie te tangata”
fortunate indeed is the person who knows the pain associated from losing love, for they were fortunate to have experienced and known true love
I whanau mai te tangata kia mate
we are born to die
i whanau mai te tangata kia mate aspects
- tane
- hine ahu one
- hine titama
- hine nui te po
- maui= attempt to reverse birthing process to create immortality
- final resting place
- metaphysical concepts
before death
ohaki = when a rangatira knew death was near they summoned people to their side and gave them an ohaki which is last instructions given to the people who are to lead next
whare taroro= when someone was close to dying they were shrouded in tapu (temporary shelter to ensure the tapu was contained)
- tuku wairua = release of the spirit, to ease the passage of the spirit into the afterlife
after death
tapu= blankets everyone associated with the person who died, karakia protects people associated with death
- preparing the body:
tapapaku = to squat down
kokowai
undertaker = chemical processes
mara preparations= cleaning, looking after the kids
tangihanga/takiaue = funeral
–> powhiri
karanga= first voice in the powhiri process, so they open the portal to the other realm
–> body placement
mahau (veranda)
whare nui (meeting house)
whare mate (house of mourning)
–> whaikorero and waiata
–> kirimate/whanau pani (mourner)
kirimate= those closed related to the deceased
whanau pani= family members who were heavily on that person eg: orphan or widow)
other aspects of tangihanga
kawakawa = mourning wreath
tono - body snatching
- 3 days
po poroporaki and nehu
= to bury
- celebration of the life of the deceased
- share stories/sing songs
- kirimate/ whanau pani can speak
- closing of coffin
- service = marae/church
nehu =urupu (burial ground/cemetery)
post burial
hakari = feast, welcome the whanau back to the world of the living
takai whare (trample the house)
- make sure there was some sort of karakia put over the house so everyone can return safely
hura kohatu = unveiling of the headstone
kawe mate= when someone is buried away from their tribal area we take home spiritually, take photo onto marae
whakanoa
to remove tapu
meaning of pohutakawa
- if the star is easy to see = very few deaths
- moving erratically= many deaths
