Matariki
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In Māori culture, Matariki is the Pleiades star cluster and a celebration of its first rising in late June or early July. The rising marks the beginning of the new year in the Māori lunar calendar.
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The lone pōhutukawa tree at Cape Reinga marks Te Rerenga Wairua, the departing place of the spirits of the dead
Door displaying Matariki as part of the Kīngitanga coat of arms, Te Māhinārangi meeting house, Tūrangawaewae marae, Ngāruawāhia
Masthead of Te Paki o Matariki, newspaper of the Kīngitanga movement, showing the stars of Matariki
Makahiki
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The Makahiki season is the ancient Hawaiian New Year festival, in honor of the god Lono of the Hawaiian religion.
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…of mata-ariki, meaning 'eyes of the god' or 'eyes of the chief'. In Hawaiʻi, the rising of Makaliʻi on 20 November ushers in the four-month season Makahiki, which honours Lono, the god of agriculture and fertility. In Tahiti, the year was divided into two seasons, named according to whether the Pleiades…
Hoʻokupu gifts to the Hawaiian god Lono during the hookupu protocol presentation of a Makahiki festival at Bellows Air Force Station in Waimanalo, Hawaii, 2010
Hawaiian wrestling matches during Makahiki