Matariki
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Matariki
Matariki; n. Pleiades. (Matariki- Maori) (Kimah -Hebrew)
The Maori name for a cluster star system in our milky way galaxy, also known as the seven sisters, it is the nearest of all star clusters and visible to the naked eye.It is in the Taurus constellation. Recently it has been getting great media attention through loons and nutjobs that beleive aliens from this system are visiting and abducting them. ;
The Maori name for a cluster star system in our milky way galaxy, also known as the seven sisters, it is the nearest of all star clusters and visible to the naked eye.It is in the Taurus constellation. Recently it has been getting great media attention through loons and nutjobs that beleive aliens from this system are visiting and abducting them. ;
Matariki new year.
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Matariki
Ngā Mata o te Ariki Tāwhirimātea, ki te tau hou Māori. Matariki signifies the beginning of the Māori new year. This is typically celebrated with hautapu (hau - steam, tapu - sacred) which is a ceremony that provides an offering to ngā whetū, the stars. All 9 of ngā whetū represent different things, and are acknowledged during the hautapu.
Waitī - represents freshwater
Waitā - represents saltwater
Tupu-ā-nuku - represents food from the ground (eg kūmara and potato)
Tupu-ā-rangi - represents food from above ground (eg birds and berries)
Ururangi - represents winds
Waipunarangi - represents rain
Pōhutukawa - takes care of those who have passed on
Hiwa-i-te-rangi - helps you achieve your dreams and aspirations
Matariki - represents whānau (family) and takes care of the rest of the whetū
Waitī - represents freshwater
Waitā - represents saltwater
Tupu-ā-nuku - represents food from the ground (eg kūmara and potato)
Tupu-ā-rangi - represents food from above ground (eg birds and berries)
Ururangi - represents winds
Waipunarangi - represents rain
Pōhutukawa - takes care of those who have passed on
Hiwa-i-te-rangi - helps you achieve your dreams and aspirations
Matariki - represents whānau (family) and takes care of the rest of the whetū
Matariki by kiwi kōtiro July 15, 2023
Matariki
Ngā Mata o te Ariki Tāwhirimātea, ki te tau hou Māori. Matariki signifies the beginning of the Māori new year. This is typically celebrated with hautapu (hau - steam, tapu - sacred) which is a ceremony that provides an offering to ngā whetū, the stars. All 9 of ngā whetū represent different things, and are acknowledged during the hautapu.
Waitī - represents freshwater
Waitā - represents saltwater
Tupu-ā-nuku - represents food from the ground (eg kūmara and potato)
Tupu-ā-rangi - represents food from above ground (eg birds and berries)
Ururangi - represents winds
Waipunarangi - represents rain
Pōhutukawa - takes care of those who have passed on
Hiwa-i-te-rangi - helps you achieve your dreams and aspirations
Matariki - represents whānau (family) and takes care of the rest of the whetū
Waitī - represents freshwater
Waitā - represents saltwater
Tupu-ā-nuku - represents food from the ground (eg kūmara and potato)
Tupu-ā-rangi - represents food from above ground (eg birds and berries)
Ururangi - represents winds
Waipunarangi - represents rain
Pōhutukawa - takes care of those who have passed on
Hiwa-i-te-rangi - helps you achieve your dreams and aspirations
Matariki - represents whānau (family) and takes care of the rest of the whetū
Matariki by kiwi kōtiro July 15, 2023
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Fleg
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.
The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.
The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.
The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
Skeef
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
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