Tapu
Tapu Tapu (or tabu) is a concept existing in ... Hawaiian belief system, everything starts out with tapu, but misdeeds make it lose its tapu. See: kapu. In Maori and Tongan tradition, something that is tapu (Maori) or tabu (Tongan) is considered ...
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Rua Tapu
Rua Tapu In Polynesian mythology (specifically: Māori), Rua Tapu is the father of Hua. He was ...
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Māori
... of proverbial sayings, called whakataukī. Religion and tapu Māori religion is closely related to nature ... is Io; however this idea is controversial. Tapu can be interpreted as "sacred", as "spiritual ... and prohibitions . There are two kinds of tapu, the private (relating to individuals) and the public tapu (relating to communities). A person, an object or a place, which is tapu, may not be touched by human ...
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Māori culture
... in turn grouped into iwi or tribe. Tapu, sometimes translated as sacred, holy or forbidden. Things or places that are tapu should not be interfered with. Examples are ... work of carving. Noa, the opposite of tapu. Examples are food and alcohol. Tapu and noa things must be kept separate ... over their outstretched legs. (Male things are tapu and female are noa, a fact ...
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User talk:Tmalmjursson/archive 1
... 4 00:52, 13 January 2006 (UTC) tapu Hi. I gather you re-inserted the note on tapu (as probably borrowed from Tongan tabu), minutes ... inherited features, especially in vocabulary. The word tapu is widely attested, including the form kapu ... ian, which is very close to Māori. Tapu is a deeply grounded concept in the ...
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User talk:Tmalmjursson:Talk with me
... reversion in the NZ English article (re tapu), and Limegreen's subsequent contribution. I wrote ... gather you re-inserted the note on tapu (as probably borrowed from Tongan tabu), minutes ... inherited features, especially in vocabulary. The word tapu is widely attested, including the form kapu ... ian, which is very close to Māori. Tapu is a deeply grounded concept in the ...
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Nui
... at least 21 islets. These are: Fenua Tapu (isle) Meang Motupuakaka Pakantou Piliaieve Pongalei Talalolae ... southern and most eastern island is Fenua Tapu , which is followed by Meang (most western ... least one island inhabited, which is Fenua Tapu , where the village is with the neighbourhoods of Fenua Tapu and Tanrake . Language The people of Nui ...
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Comparative method
... sea" tahi tai tai kai tai "forbidden" tapu tapu tapu kapu tapu "octopus" feke "canoe" vaka vaka waka "enter ...
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Talk:Kingdom of Hawaii
... it fair to label that the old tapu system implemented in the Hawaiian islands prior ... is neutral. I looked for the word tapu and it is not in the text ... an article but you talk about the "tapu system". Maybe you could explain this in ...
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Mana (Ethnologie)   (translated from German)
Mana (Ethnologie) Mana and Tapu are two terms that Philosophy that Maori ... the universe as inspired and totalcosmic unit. Tapu or Taboo designates respectful handling Mana and ...
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