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Maori Songs Of New Zealand

by Various

Release Details

Format
Vinyl — LP, Album, Reissue
Country
US
Label
Folkways Records
Catalog #
FE 4433
Tracks
13

Tracklist

  1. A1Oriori: Popo E Tangi Ki Te Kai Mana
  2. A2Waiata: Ka Riro Ra Ia Te Momo O Te Tangata
  3. A3Tangi: Lament
  4. A4Waiata Aroha
  5. A5Haka
  6. A6Haka
  7. B1Maemae
  8. B2Karakia To Tanemahuta
  9. B3Karakia To Tangaroa
  10. B4He Whakaaraara
  11. B5Te To O Tainui
  12. B6Toia Mai Te Waka
  13. B7Apakura (Dirge)

Notes

Track A1 is a lullaby (oriori). Track A2 is a lament (tangi). Track A3 & B7 is a lament of the Tuhoe tribe. Track A4 is a love song (waiata aroha). Track B1 is a death chant (maemae), sung at the death of Wahineiti, a Ngati Raukawa chieftain. Track B2 is an incantation (karakia), supplicating the god of the forsts, Tanemahuta. Track B3 is an incantation belonging to the Te Arawa people. Track B4 is an ancient sentinel alarm. Track B5 is a canoe hauling song. Track B6 is a canoe hauling song whic

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