Hongi Maori salutations A Hongi is a traditional greeting in New Zealand It is done by pressing ones nose to another person at an encounter It is still used at traditional meetings among members of the Maori people and on major ceremonies Through the exchange of this physical greeting you are no longer considered manuhiri visitor but rather tangata whenua one of the people of the land For the remainder of your stay you are obliged to share in all the duties and responsibilities of the home people In earlier times this may have meant bearing arms in times of war or tending crops of kumara sweet potato When Maori greet one another by pressing noses the tradition of sharing the breath of life is considered to have come directly from the gods From Penroses Pictorial Annual An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts volume edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose London
Cultural Art
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