A hongi Ma ori is a traditional greeting in New Zealand.It is done by pressing one's nose and forehead (at the same time) to another person at an encounter.
It is used at traditional meetings among people and ori Ma on major ceremonies and serves a similar purpose to a formal handshake in modern Western culture, and indeed a hongi is often used in conjunction with one.
In the hongi,The ha (or breath of life, and is exchanged intermingled. The breath of life can also be interpreted as the sharing of both party's souls.
Through the physical exchange of this greeting, one is no longer considered manuhiri (visitor), but rather tangata whenua, one of the people of the land.For the remainder of one's stay is one obliged to share in all the duties and responsibilities of the home people. In earlier times, this may have meant bearing arms in times of war, or tending crops, such as kumara (sweet potato) .
When Ma ori greet one another by pressing noses, the tradition of sharing the breath of life is considered to have come directly from the gods.
In Ma ori folklore,woman was created by the gods moulding her shape out of the earth. god The Ta ne (meaning male) embraced the figure and breathed into her nostrils. She sneezed and then came to life. Her name was Hineahuone (earth formed woman).
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