Author(s): Claire Merleau-Ponty
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 67
Publisher: Editorial Kókinos
Language: Spanish
Date Published: 2009-09-29
Dimensions: 171 x 254 x 15mm
Publication City/Country: Spain
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Thousands of years ago the Maori left Polynesia in canoes to settle in New Zealand. Although they learned English colonization they preserved their culture and rituals, which are perpetuated in the haka, the famous dance by the rugby team. These stories by the governor of New Zealand evoke the life of a people who still honor their ancestors and remember the divine deeds: the versatile demigod Maui, who tamed the sun and brought light to the islands that form New Zealand; Rangi, Heaven, and Papa, the Earth gods, separated by their own children to create daylight, fabulous, amazing stories, that reveal a civilization full of very lively traditions that the Maori have managed to reconcile.