Tagata Tangata 1 - Ngaa Tapuwae / Sacred Footsteps (First Episode)

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Tagata Tangata 1 - Ngaa Tapuwae / Sacred Footsteps (First Episode)

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This episode — the first of this 1993 series — takes a broad look at ancient Polynesian rites and rituals. Presenter Ramona Papali'i explores the Māori custom of returning the placenta to the land, the Samoan ceremony of betrothal, and the practice of traditional Samoan tattoo. Viewers are offered access to a Niuean ear-piercing ceremony and the investiture of a Fijian chief. There are stories of walking statues at Rapa Nui (Easter Island), and of the goddess Pele's volcanic beauty in Hawai'i...

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1993

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/tagata-tangata-episode-one-1993

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