The Marae
The main features of the marae are:
- The head/Upoko
- Arms/maihi
- Hands/Raparapa
- Spine/Tahuhu
- heart/Poutokomanawa
- ribs/heke
The marae represents an ancestor that has passed away. The merae is like a
memorial place where an ancestor lies. The pictures in the marae represent ancestor and they tell
stories as well as the carvings in the marae. A marae is like a history book without marae we would
forget some of the maori ancestors and chefs.
memorial place where an ancestor lies. The pictures in the marae represent ancestor and they tell
stories as well as the carvings in the marae. A marae is like a history book without marae we would
forget some of the maori ancestors and chefs.
A marae is also a place where you can stay if a natural disaster happens. Thats what happened in the
Kaikoura earthquake there was a marae that was still standing perfectly. So the people that ran the
marae opened up the doors and let the people that did not have houses or anywhere else to stay in
there marae and stay there for a while until they had a place to stay.
Kaikoura earthquake there was a marae that was still standing perfectly. So the people that ran the
marae opened up the doors and let the people that did not have houses or anywhere else to stay in
there marae and stay there for a while until they had a place to stay.
The parts of the marae.
On a marae there are multiple parts the represent parts of a human body.
The head/upoko is right at the top point of the roof. Down the front are the arms/maihi. At the end
of the arms ar the hands/raparapa. Along the top of the roof is the spine/tahuhu when you walk in
if you look up there are the ribs/heke they are the rafters. Inside there is also the heart/poutokomanawa.
The head/upoko is right at the top point of the roof. Down the front are the arms/maihi. At the end
of the arms ar the hands/raparapa. Along the top of the roof is the spine/tahuhu when you walk in
if you look up there are the ribs/heke they are the rafters. Inside there is also the heart/poutokomanawa.
Here's a link to the diagram I made on scratch
Good job on this Jack! I like your interactive diagram, well done.
ReplyDeleteHi Jack. Well done for using your writing skills to share some of your learning about wharenui and marae. It was great to see that you had organised your information into paragraphs. I liked how you explained that a marae helps us to remember Māori ancestors and chiefs.
ReplyDeleteYour next step is to read your sentences carefully and check that they make sense.
I liked seeing your scratch project. It was great to see you using your coding skills to create and interactive diagram.
Ka pai tō mahi.