Post #751513 by Bino Maori on Fri, Sep 25, 2015 1:10 AM

Kia ora to all the Tiki Whanau...Family. I'm going to add more pictures from my Maori culture, but think I need to add the difference in what we see as Tiki, compared to what I see on here.
To us Maori this is a Tiki. To us it is a carving and is not as simple as what the western world portries it. Our lines are meaningful than just something that is drawn or carved upon for the sake of it.
These examples will show the difference. I am certainly not trying to bag what is shown here, but more to inform and to show our difference in style as the last Pacific and Polynesian culture settled within the Pacific realm.

*** Too poke your tongue out in a Haka or in gesture, is too insult your enermy before close combat warfare and death. The Haka is performed to invoke the Gods for guidance before warfare is engaged, and is paramount to our culture.

This is how we see the Tiki...&&& hopefully these videos will come through and enhance my people and my culture from Aotearoa, New Zealand :)

Nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa :)

http://www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/tainui-waka-kapa-haka-festival-ngaa-pou-o-roto?utm_source=brightcove&utm_medium=button&utm_campaign=share%20this%20video

32x5604fd82.jpg[/img]
[ Edited by: Bino Maori 2015-09-25 01:11 ]

[ Edited by: Bino Maori 2015-09-25 01:12 ]

[ Edited by: Bino Maori 2015-09-25 01:18 ]

[ Edited by: Bino Maori 2015-09-25 01:21 ]