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COLENSO William 1882. Contributions towards a better knowledge of the Maori race. Part IV - on their legends, myths, quasi-religious ceremonies and invocations, concerning the kumara plant. . Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 14: 33-48
COLENSO William
1882
Contributions towards a better knowledge of the Maori race. Part IV - on their legends, myths, quasi-religious ceremonies and invocations, concerning the kumara plant.
Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.
Colenso describes place of kūmara in Maori cosmology. Relates traditions of kūmara introduction according to various iwi - East Coast Maori, especially Ngati Porou (Kahukura and Horouta canoe); West Coast traditions (Turi and Aotea canoe); Thames (Hotunui, Hoturoa and Tainui canoe); Hawkes Bay (Pourangahua); Urewera (Pourangahua. who brought the varieties Kawakawatawhiti, Toroamahoe, te Tutaanga, te Kioiorangi, te Tutaetara, te Monenehu, te Anutai). Anurangi is given as a synonym of Anutai.
Colenso presents an invocation or karakia used at planting time and analyses the wording.
Describes the tradition of selecting a peculiarly-shaped abnormal and rather large root called 'Pani's canoe'. Cooked at a sacred fire as an offering to the tohunga, a thanks-giving for a prolific crop.
Ipomoea, kūmara tradition, Pteridium, aruhe
2005
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