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Wednesday 25 September 2019

Facts About Matariki


Do you know a lot of things about Matariki?
Matariki is the maori new year when we
celebrate the seven sisters. Matariki is a
maori cultural new year. 

Facts about Matariki


 It’s Matariki in July we can’t believe the beautiful sky.
Matariki is the maori name for a group of seven stars
which is known as a star cluster, people think that
Matariki as a mother star of six daughters often
referred as seven sisters others Matariki as eyes of god.
Ranginui the sky father, Papatuanuku the earth mother
separated from their children to the god of the wind
Tawhirimatea became angry tearing out his eyes and
\ hurling them into heaven. Matariki appears in the
eastern sky sometime around the shortest day of the
year it was thought to determine how successful the
harvest crop will be in the coming season. There is a
saying that the brighter the stars the more productive
the crop will be also Matariki has two meanings both
refer to a star cluster. Matariki means Tiny eyes and
Matariki means eyes of god.

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