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Tangihanga

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Tangihanga"

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tanginoun(New Zealand) A Maori dirge, or song for the dead.
tikanganoun(New Zealand) A custom, value or principle, especially of the Maori people.
pōhirinoun(New Zealand) A Maori welcoming ceremony involving speeches, dancing, and singing.
tukutukunounornamental latticework used among the Māori people to decorate meeting-houses
runanganoun(New Zealand) A traditional Māori assembly or tribal council.
urupanoun(New Zealand) In Māori culture, a burial ground.
pohirinounAlternative form of pōhiri. [(New Zealand) A Maori welcoming ceremony involving speeches, dancing, and singing.]
waiatanoun(New Zealand) A Māori folk song.
raranganounA Maori weaving technique.
hakarinounAn elaborate feast in Maori culture.
kohanoun(New Zealand) A Māori tradition of reciprocal giving of gifts.
tanikonounA female given name from Japanese.
taonganoun(New Zealand) In Maori culture, any treasured thing, whether tangible or intangible.
hakanounA group dance of New Zealand's Maori people featuring rhythmic chanting, vigorous facial and arm movements, and foot stamping. Traditionally a war dance, today it is also performed to welcome guests, as a mark of respect at occasions such as commemorations and funerals, as a challenge to opposing teams at sports events, and for artistic purposes.
tekotekonounCarved figure as a finial on the gable of a Maori house
hei-tikinoun(New Zealand) An ornamental pendant (typically made of pounamu or greenstone) among the Māori, worn around the neck, representing a human figure traditionally connected with Tiki, the first human in Maori mythology.
wakanoun(New Zealand) A Maori canoe.
kapa hakanoun(New Zealand, uncountable) Māori performing arts, including song, dance, and synchronized movement
kirituhinounMaori-style tattooing worn by non-Maori people.
korowainounA member of a people of southeastern Papua who are hunter-gatherers and horticulturalists.

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  • thetangihanga
  • atangihanga
  • attangihanga

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  • tangihanga.
  • tangihangaand

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