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waiata tangi

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Maori literature

  • The Bone People
    In New Zealand literature: Maori narrative: the oral tradition

    …three kinds of waiata (songs): waiata tangi (laments—for the dead, but also for other kinds of loss or misfortune), waiata aroha (songs about the nature of love—not only sexual love but also love of place or kin), and waiata whaiaaipo (songs of courtship or praise of the beloved). In addition,…

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