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The revival of the celebration of Matariki can be traced to the early 1990s, sparked by various Māori iwi and organisations such as the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, [2]: 87 for example in 1995 there was a festival called Pipitea Marae: Te Whakanui i a Matariki, at Pipitea Marae, Wellington City supported by Te Awa Kairangi ...
Some iwi celebrate it immediately. Others wait until the rising of the next full moon, or alternatively the dawn of the next new moon. It has become common practice for various private and public institutions to celebrate Matariki over the period of a week or month anywhere from early June to late July. Other iwi used the rising of Rigel in a ...
It follows directly after the first sighting of Matariki (The Pleiades) and Puanga/Puaka [102] in the dawn sky, an event which marked the beginning of the New Year and was said to be when the Sun turned from his northern journey with his winter-bride Takurua and began his journey back to his summer-bride Hine Raumati.
Paul Goldsmith, the minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage, directed that Māori language be removed from official invitations to a celebration of Matariki, a Māori holiday.
In 1699, Mardi Gras is said to have made its way to North America, thanks to French-Canadian explorer Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville. He settled down near present-day New Orleans and brought the ...
Mardi Gras arrived in North America as a sedate French Catholic tradition with the Le Moyne brothers, [3] Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, in the late 17th century, when King Louis XIV sent the pair to defend France's claim on the territory of Louisiane, which included what are now the U.S. states of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
The celebration is held in the historic French neighborhood, Soulard, and attracts hundreds of thousands of people from around the country. [39] Although founded in the 1760s, the St. Louis Mardi Gras festivities only date to the 1980s. [40] The city's celebration begins with "12th night," held on Epiphany, and ends on Fat Tuesday.
Here's the real history behind America's biggest shopping holiday. Dillon Thompson. November 28, 2019 at 10:00 AM. Holiday names are usually pretty straightforward. New Year's, Thanksgiving and ...