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Te Awa Atua

Menstruation in the Pre-Colonial Māori World
By Ngāhuia Murphy
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Te Awa Atua is a ceremony of purification and renewal that regenerates life. The blood that flows from the inner temple of the cosmos - the womb - is a living prayer of continuation. When we recover the ceremony of te awa atua we ritualise the... Read More
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Te Awa Atua has been described as groundbreaking, timeless and incendiary scholarship. It recovers traditional Tangata Whenua menstruation ceremonies, stories and attitudes that have been largely censored from the historic record. Based on a Masters thesis.

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Te Awa Atua is a ceremony of purification and renewal that regenerates life. The blood that flows from the inner temple of the cosmos - the womb - is a living prayer of continuation. When we recover the ceremony of te awa atua we ritualise the womb as an altar of communion with the Atua Wāhine.

Te Awa Atua has been described as groundbreaking, timeless and incendiary scholarship. It recovers traditional Tangata Whenua menstruation ceremonies, stories and attitudes that have been largely censored from the historic record. The author examines karakia, pūrākau, mōteatea, navigational and tribal histories and interviews with elders to unearth sacred ritual teachings that demonstrate the mana of the blood, and the mana of wahine in customary society.

This book is based on a Masters thesis, edited to make it accessible to the average reader.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780473259662

Publisher: He Puna Manawa Ltd.

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 December 2013

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: He Puna Manawa Ltd.

Illustration: 3 full colour photographs

Contributors:

  • Photographs by Ngāhina Hohaia
  • Edited by Nāndor Tānczos
  • Designed by Nāndor Tānczos
  • Cover design or artwork by Victoria Rodda

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 250g

Pages: 176

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