Today for the activity, we had to do a Kowhaiwhai pattern and make our own. Kowhaiwhai are these patterns that symbolise different meanings like strength and more, you can find some Kowhaiwhai patterns inside some maraes on the inside of the roof with lots of different swirly pretty patterns.
The story of Kowhaiwhai patterns is someone named Tanerore, the sun. Tanerore is the son of Tama-nui-te-ra and he performs a haka for his mother, Hine-raumati. The "wiri wiri", the hand trembling action during the haka or waiata is a sign of the shimmering heat.Some Maori people believe when the land is hot that the air shimmer, they can see Tanerore performing a haka for his mother.
I liked doing this because I love art and it was really fun knowing you could create your own too.
Here is what mine looks like:
Kia Ora Manvi,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Zana and I am a blog commenter from the Summer Learning Journey.
I thought this activity was very interesting as it teaches you about Tānerore who you are able to see often on these hot summer days and about the infamous kowhaiwhai pattern seen throughout Māori culture. I was glad to read what you had learnt about Tānerore, have you seen him in the hot air yet this summer?
Your Kowhaiwhai pattern looks great, I like that you drew it yourself and used different Kowhaiwhai patterns with the Koru and Mangopare.
Your explanation of the Kowhaiwhai pattern was written very well to, where have you seen the Kowhaiwhai pattern before?
Keep up the great work and I hope to see more of your posts over the summer.
Ngā mihi nui,
Zana Yates
Kia Ora Zana,
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My favourites include the Koru and Mangopare too!
I was inspired by the video that was put on the SMLJ blog and I browsed through the different designs and put some together. Did you get a chance to make one?
Ma Te Wa,
Manvi