Monday, 24 July 2017

Matariki by Rubayat

                                  Matariki


Matariki is the Māori new year.

The Matariki stars are also called the seven sisters. The seven sisters have names as well like: Waiti,Waita,Tupu-a-rangi,Tupu-a-nuku,Waipuna-a-rangi,Ururangi and Matariki.

The stars in Matariki were formed around 100 million years ago. That’s only 1/50th the age of our sun. Traditionally, Māori believed that the brighter the stars were, the warmer the coming season would be for growing crops. 

Matariki is a Māori new year celebration where family’s come together to spend time together.

 
Image result for the seven sisters with their names

11 comments:

  1. Hi Rubayat I love your story about Matariki because I really wanted to know the Matariki star names because I actually did not the the names but thanks to your wonderful story and I love spending time with my family.By Peti

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  2. Hi Rubayat I like your information about matariki you know there about like about 100 legends about matariki. By Douglas

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  3. Hi Rubayat thank you for sharing how much you know about matariki. I really like your information.By Alima

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  4. Hi my name is David.I like your story about matariki the seven sisters.Its amazing. I like the end of your story because you spend time with your family. By the way are you moari.

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    1. Hi David,by the way i'm not maori i'm from Bangladesh. By Rubayat

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  5. Hi Rubayat, Now I know the Stars names. Did you know that there is a song to all the names of the stars?

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    1. Hi there, i know the Matariki song. By Rubayat

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  6. Hi Rubayat,I liked how you said how family's come together to spend time together,because I LOVE spending time with my family, you just have a really happy feeling inside.What's was your favorite moment with your family? By Rosalia

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  7. Kia Ora Rubayat, your story is very interesting especially your second paragraph. I really liked how you wrote about the Matariki stars and that they were formed around 100 million years ago. By Zhendy

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  8. Hi Rubayat I like how you said the name of the seven stars I don't even know how to read them. Do you celebrate matariki? By Anne

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    1. hi Anne, by the way i don't celebrate Matariki. By Rubayat

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