Maori Dance at Rotorua New Zealand

[castrohouse1]

i thought it was the one with the ears but nvm

[1tigerblood]

Maori is a very big culutre and the dance very good.

[ashely678ful]

@1tigerblood thats right

[mybunnyrawrs]

does anyone know the title of this song?

[xmapx]

What song is this called?

[Gribbles87]

whereabouts was that... was it down the road from the polynesian spa???

[satwinderchumber180]

@Gribbles87  yeah it is in sudima hotel where i am working inrotorua

[ashely678ful]

@satwinderchumber180 the name is Aotearoa

[Teina94]

Iaorana..

I'm looking for my friend who live in Rotorua, he's name is RATEMA and i met him in China in 1996..do you know him??..

Mauruuu

Teina

[kiaoramai]

Kia ora Teina,

Unfortunately Ratema passed away a couple of years ago. I'm making the assumption that you do not know but please forgive me if you do. You will probably find him on the 2000 Aotearoa Traditional Maori Festival of Arts.

Good Luck.

[mrstk01]

chur neat alright yip i use to work there it's the old lake plaza mean maori mean

[splinterblade02]

Was this at the sheraton? Look familiar.

[cccdancer333]

I saw them! haha that was tons of fun!

[letitfall0630]

OH MY GOD! I was in this exact place in 2003 of June haha..the Maori performers were amazing and I had a lot of fun there!

[Hungvo]

i was there not long agoo that place is heaps wikid learning about all the culture is alllsome for an aussie and thte food they served aftawards was jus MMMm

[Ngati92]

Kiaora mai no tynzer your absolutely correct however your missing one thing, after the trditional taonga puoro came out our waiata and haka were mostly to do with the war and sorrow the haka that your seeing now is not traditional however most pakeha would be surprised that we have kapa haka competitions....

[richardolatunde]

thanks for that reply!

[richardolatunde]

i remember seeing this in Rotorua many years ago, but what i never asked about is the guitar- presumably this instruments isn't Maori?..so what did their melodies really sound like before the Europeans came?...just interested really.

[tynzer]

lol youre right... guitar isnt traditional .. neither is this performance.. the traditional sound of maori culture and music is very very different...traditional songs sounded more like dirges than the more upbeat modern songs you hear now.. as for melodies.. they came from the instruments.. like the koauau and putorino.. similar to flutes

[taumarunui05]

Agree with tynzer, Maori songs were chants and Hakas until europeans arrived and then we adopted traditional european melodies that were popular at the time.

[eastcoastrulez]

cum heer hawyn gurl!

[haroon787]

pashto

[calartiste]

I've enjoyed seeing some authentic Maori tradition ever since seeing "Whalerider".