Tukutuku
Maori meeting houses were traditionally adorned with intricate carvings both inside and outside. These carvings often depicted ancestral stories, symbols, and designs that held cultural significance to the Maori people. Additionally, decorative elements such as woven panels, paintings, and ornamental detailing were also used to adorn the meeting houses.
Kowhaiwhai is a traditional Maori art form of decorative painting used in meeting houses and on other structures. It often features intricate and flowing patterns that symbolize genealogy, spirituality, or tribal identity in Maori culture.
The meeting house is the Wharenui (literally, big house) it is on the marae, the maori sacred place, also on the marae, is the Wharekai (eating house) and many other buildings and carvings. you must be formally welcomed on to a marae.
Te Reo Maori.
A Maori meeting house traditionally faces east, towards the rising sun, to symbolize a new day and new beginnings.
Maori meeting houses were traditionally adorned with intricate carvings both inside and outside. These carvings often depicted ancestral stories, symbols, and designs that held cultural significance to the Maori people. Additionally, decorative elements such as woven panels, paintings, and ornamental detailing were also used to adorn the meeting houses.
A wharenui which will be found on a marae.
Whakairo (woodcarving), Kowhaiwhai (painted rafters) and Tukutuku (woven wall panels).
Kowhaiwhai is a traditional Maori art form of decorative painting used in meeting houses and on other structures. It often features intricate and flowing patterns that symbolize genealogy, spirituality, or tribal identity in Maori culture.
A maori meeting house can be as big as 8 meters by 10 meters.
The meeting house is the Wharenui (literally, big house) it is on the marae, the maori sacred place, also on the marae, is the Wharekai (eating house) and many other buildings and carvings. you must be formally welcomed on to a marae.
it is a sacred hall in the marae in which special maori events are held.
A Tukutuku is a woven panel of Maori art displayed in a Maori meeting house called a Whare (pronounce Fare). There are many different Tukutuku patterns and symbols, each with its own meaning.
Te Reo Maori.
They decorate with carvings.
Carvings
A Maori meeting house traditionally faces east, towards the rising sun, to symbolize a new day and new beginnings.