Marae Flashcards
1
Q
What is one of the oldest recorded marae and where is it?
A
Taputapuatea c1300
In Tahiti
2
Q
What’s a tuahu?
A
A shrine.
3
Q
What are the purposes of marae?
A
A communal space: They used to be inhabited but now more like a venue.
A cultural bastion for practising ritual, reaffirming identity and belonging, and reaffirming values and concepts.
4
Q
What is the courtyard used for?
A
Powhiri, public speaking, fighting, public debating, public forum.
5
Q
What’s the whare nui?
A
‘large house’; meeting house, main dwelling, central building.
6
Q
Other than a whare nui and open courtyard, what else might be at a marae? (7)
A
Dining hall Palisades (fence) Houses (not so much anymore) House for he dead. Flag pole (communicates if someone has died) Church Cemetery (urupa)
7
Q
What’s a pan-Maori marae?
A
For people who are not near their Marae, a place for people from multiple iwi and hapu to gather.
