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Excerpt from The Ancient History of the Maori, Vol. 4: His Mythology and Traditions; Tai-Nui Although it is very probable that the kumara was brought to New Zealand by more than one of the canoes which reached its shores in the days of the early migrations, the honour of its first introduction is a point that has been hotly contested by the descendants of each set of immigrants; and when it is remembered that, besides being the article of food most highly prized by the Maori, the seed was selected with the utmost care; that the place where it should be planted was carefully chosen by the priests that every seed-tuber was the subject of a special incantation, and was received from the hands of the priest by a member of the tribe who could be relied upon to imbed it in the orthodox position, viz., with the tapered end a little elevated and pointing to the rising sun and how, at special periods of its growth, the priests were required to chant other incantations and perform ceremonies to insure an abundant crop, the maam (growing crap) being watched most carefully by other selected members of the tribe; and how, at the time of harvest, the first-fruits of the cr0p were sacredly presented to the gods with ceremonies and incantations, in which the priests alone took. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Pełny tytuł: The Ancient History of the Maori, Vol. 4
• Podtytuł: His Mythology and Traditions; Tai-Nui (Classic Reprint)
• Autor: John White
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 518
• EAN: 9781333895044
• ISBN: 1333895046
• ID: 14569206
• Wydawca: Forgotten Books
• Waga: 687 g
• Wymiary: 229 × 152 × 27 mm
• Data wydania: 10. October 2016

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