Matariki - Explanation - Should it be a public holiday?

Yesterday we were learning to use more visual language and identify ideas and explain or events in a different religion.
I enjoyed writing about and learning about Matariki cause learning about different celebrations in different religions is interesting to learn.
I found nothing challenging cause I had gathered a lot of information about Matariki before writing.
My digital learning object shows I am learning about lots of other celebrations in different religions or countries.
Next time I would put it on a google drawing or a google slide to make it more vibrant and pretty.

Matariki

What is Matariki? 

Matariki is a celebration that Maori have created, 9 stars appear in the dawn daylight and night time. Matariki is a family celebration which needs to be a public holiday so families can celebrate it together. That explains that Matariki is just a cluster of stars of different things they do - all of the sisters are..

 Matariki who is the mother of all of them,

Pōhutukawa

who is connected to the ones who have died, 

Waitī who is connected to the freshwater of the dead bodies and food,

 Waitā is connected the ocean and the food that comes from the oceans, 

Waipuna-ā-Rangi is connected with the rain, hail or the spitting rain, 

Tupuānuku

 is connected with everything that comes from soil or underground like Kumara or veggies for food, 

Tupuarangi is connected to everything that grows in trees or belongs in trees like different singing birds or wild berries or fruits,

 Ururangi is connected to the strong, rough or soft winds and lucky last.. 

Hiwa-i-te-Rangi is connected to every wish someone grants on that day and it may come true. 

Public Holiday?

Matariki isn't known as a public holiday so far but Jacinda Ardern our prime minister AND the government is thinking about turning it into a public holiday.

My own thoughts.

 In my own thoughts on whether it should be a holiday or not, my thoughts are telling me it should be a public holiday and I do agree. Why I agree with this is cause families can make a wish together for one another or watch the stars together so no one misses out on a special moment their religion, Maori has come. Matariki is also a day where people remember their loved ones that have passed on.

In June/July. A scientist named Dr Matamua actually experienced and saw all the 9 stars. 

Who is Dr Matamua?

Did you also know that Matariki’s date changes sometimes, Matariki actually disappeared in April/May. Dr Matamua was actually an astronomer who studied stars and with stuff related to astronomy, He soon then tried to look at the Matariki stars and soon found them. 

Legends.

Ranginui, the sky father and Papatuanuku, the earth mother were separated by the God of the winds, Tawhirimatea then Ranginui became really angry sometimes and teared his eyes out and threw them in the sky. 

Conclusion for the explanation.

 Basically Matariki is a time for Maori people to celebrate the stars and cut your crops. All of the sisters come mostly on the 5th of July in the dawn daylight.

24-6-20.