Tuesday, December 9, 2008

New Zealand(・ω・)

About Maori^ω^
Right side picture is that Maorise, handshake and stuff.

Introduce Maori's language★
◇Kia ora — Hello
◆Kia ora tatou — Hello everyone
◇Tena koe — Greetings to you (said to one person)
◆Tena koutou — Greeting to you all
◇Haere mai — Welcome
◆Nau mai — Welcome
◇Kei te pehea koe? — How’s it going?
◆Kei te pai — Good
◇Tino pai — Really good
◆Haere ra — Farewell
◇Ka kite ano — Until I see you again (Bye)
◆Hei konei ra — See you later
Thus Maori's language is being many word. And in Maori, they dance that it say "HAKA". HAKA is brave dancing in New Zealand. It's traditional dancing. And this is symbol in New Zealand. Now This dancing is danced at before rugby game by New Zealand player. So this dancing is thought for fight. But it may prejudice by everyone. I think taht I want to introduce about HAKA dancing song here.



「Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora!
Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora!
Tenei te tangata puhuruhuru. Nana nei i te tiki mai, Whakawhiti te ra!
A upane! ka upane! A upane, ka upane. Whiti te ra!」
I saw this word then I thought about fighting. But I thought may be that have other mean. Perhaps, I think song that it for symbolic of own. I think that I want to more know about Maori.