{"id":4185,"date":"2022-11-16T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T17:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=4185"},"modified":"2023-09-11T16:02:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T20:02:53","slug":"maori-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2022\/11\/maori-music\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u0101ori Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

The M\u0101ori are the indigenous people of New Zealand. Their folk music traditions are often integrated with poetry and dance. Here’s a brief overview of M\u0101ori music culture past and present: <\/p>\n

Taonga p\u016boro<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This picture displays several traditional Maori instruments belonging to master practitioner, Horomona Horo. The instruments are from bone, wood ,shell and gourd. Source: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taonga_p%C5%ABoro<\/p><\/div>\n

Taonga p\u016boro are the traditional musical instruments of the M\u0101ori and consist of a variety of blown, struck and twirled instruments made from hollowed-out wood, stone, whale ivory, and bone. <\/p>\n

The sounds of the instruments were intended to mimic the sounds of the natural environment such as insects, birds, water, trees and wind and were connected with religious practice. According to Wikipedia<\/a>, the M\u0101ori viewed music related to their creation story where “The Gods sang the Universe into Existence.” <\/p>\n

Here is a short video on taonga p\u016boro featuring M\u0101ori instrumentalist Richard Nunns<\/a>:
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