navigational purposes as well as weather forecasts and harvesting and planting times of crops
Matariki is the name given to the seven stars that herald the Maori new year and are known in English as the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters. In some traditions Matariki refers to the 'mother' star with the others named: Tupua Nuku, Tupua Rangi, Waiti, Waita, Waipuna A Rangi, and Ururangi.
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The Maori name for Pluto is Whiro.
The word for moon in Maori is "marama."
The Maori name for sun is Te Rā.
Matariki is the Maori new year. The speak Maori and the seven stars of Matariki.
Matariki is the name given to the seven stars that herald the Maori new year and are known in English as the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters. In some traditions Matariki refers to the 'mother' star with the others named: Tupua Nuku, Tupua Rangi, Waiti, Waita, Waipuna A Rangi, and Ururangi.
MATARIKI
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There are many Maori festivals, on very important one is Matariki... the maori new year, matariki is a constellation of stars, also called the Pleiades, or the seven sisters, when these rise over the horizon, new year arrives and celebrations follow. This happens in the middle of June.
with the north and south star or matariki
it means 7 stars a ledgen of maori
Their gods i guess...
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