First Arrival: 414.Hakari (5/5)

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Many countries around the world have a long history of festivals and celebrations, such as the Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival in China, and Christmas in Christian countries, which are much older than New Zealand itself.

New Zealand is a young country, and the Maori are not indigenous to the island, they were the first immigrants to come across the sea, but they don't have a very regular festival.

The biggest Māori celebrations are either the beginning of spring or the autumn harvest, which are not fixed at any time, and can be celebrated whenever you feel that spring is coming or autumn is about to be harvested.

This gathering is called 'hakari', which is called haka day in Māori, which means 'grand feast', and is dedicated to entertaining important guests on important occasions.

There is no doubt that they respect the mainstream inhabitants of New Zealand and make Christmas Eve a heavy day. They also respected Wang Bo and treated him as an important guest.

Before coming, Wang Bo thought it was just a party with Maori, but in fact, it was not so simple, all Maori people in Sunset Town came to the scene, and some Maori people also arrived in Wanderer Town, roughly estimated to be thousands of people!

In the center of the Maori village was a square, about the size of a football field and a half, with a wide wooden platform and a bonfire around it.

Aturu introduced him: "This is our Malayi, which means the vast courtyard in front of the assembly hall, where today's Hakari is held. ”

Wang Bo exclaimed: "God Moi is above, this scale is really big!" ”

Aturu said proudly, "In fact, this is quite small, in the last century, when the Maori tribes were at their most prosperous, our hakari were huge!" ”

"You don't believe it, our tribe was going to build a hakari at that time, and it had to start preparing ten days ago. For example, to prepare food, it is necessary to catch a large number of fish, hunt a large number of cattle, sheep and wild animals, and build the food up to a meter high! ”

He pointed to a wooden shelf in the north of the square, about twenty meters long and two meters wide, covered with huge red satin at this time.

Behind the food rack was the auditorium, a wooden bungalow building with a herringbone roof, in which some elderly people sat and walked out tremblingly when they saw the flames burning on the campfire.

These old men are the most prominent in the Aturu clan, and the current Maori traditions have been disrupted by modern society and civilization. In many tribes, the patriarch is no longer the most authoritative leader.

For example, in their branch tribe, the patriarch is Aturu, but he is not the most respected person in the clan, and even he can become the patriarch entirely because his grandmother Ottutu is a priest in the big clan.

Wang Bo, Eva, and Little Lori walked over first, and the old woman Ottotu grabbed Wang's hand with blazing eyes and said, "Thank you for joining our Hakari!" Great Mayor Mare, our gods will bless you and Sunset, and our gods will bless you and Sunset! ”

"Thank you very much, Lord Priest, I am glad to have his blessing." Wang Bo politely thanked him.

When Ottotu grabbed Eva's hand, the beautiful teacher took out a big red envelope from her bag and handed it to her, smiling: "This is what the mayor of the town asked me to dedicate to your tribe, I wish you all prosperity and eternity!" ”

After getting the red envelope and listening to her words, the priest's face showed an unprecedented bright smile.

Wang Bo didn't know that he had to take a red envelope when he came here, and it was the first time he had been a guest to the Maori tribe.

Aturu led them to sit in the auditorium, and the king asked Eva in a low voice, "When did you prepare the red envelope?" Do you still need to prepare red envelopes? ”

The beautiful teacher smiled and said, "Of course, I know that you won't bother to study other people's etiquette." Māori have to prepare a lot of food for each hakari, which can be stressful if the host alone pays for it, so guests are asked to bring a gift money. ”

Wang Bo said embarrassedly: "I really don't know this, if it weren't for you, I would be in trouble today." ”

Eva waved her hand and said, "No, you didn't make a mistake, Aturu told me that you provided more than half of Hakari's expenses this time, and the red envelope I brought was not large, just good-looking." ”

They sat and chatted in the auditorium, and young and beautiful Maori girls poured water for them.

Wang Bo drank two cups of tea and asked, "What are we waiting for?" ”

Aturu said: "Waiting for the other guests, there are still people coming from the Wanderer Town, the Radiant Warriors, the Destroyers, the Bakaja, etc., and all the tribes will send important people to come." ”

After another ten minutes, it was a little more than half past three, and the square was full of people again, and the glorious warriors who were shirtless and covered with tattoos arrived and a group of people arrived.

Wang Bo thought that these people were deliberately late for the big names, so he whispered to Eva, who pursed her lips and smiled, and then explained: "This is also a tradition, until modern times Māori have the habit of using clocks and watches to keep time, they didn't have watches before, and the concept of time is very poor." When the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, the Māori queen and the chiefs of the big tribes were late, and it may not have been a virtue, but it was tradition, and they were paying homage to it. ”

"And such a good thing? Everyone's belated tribute to tradition? ”

"No, it's not that simple, we agreed on half past three, and they actually came in time, a minute or two late. A little late is a tribute, too late is a provocation! Eva tells the story of these traditions.

After the arrival of the Glorious Warrior and others, they also gave red envelopes, and a Maori fat man directly gave cash, a thick pile of money, and Lao Wang roughly estimated that there were tens of thousands of yuan.

He had the impression that Xiao Wang's former owner, he was the richest man in Wanderer Town, and he was a well-known rich man among the Maori people in New Zealand, otherwise he would not have the financial resources and skills to bring the liger beast to his home.

The two sides met and hugged each other, Wang Bo was not prepared at all, he knew that this kind of gathering nose ceremony was not carried out as soon as they met, but would not salute until it officially began.

Different Māori tribes have different forms of hospitality, and the higher status of the Aturu bring guests into Mala'i.

There were a lot of benches around Mala'i where people would sit, with Wang Bo sitting in the first row, Eva and Del being taken to the last row, and to his right and left were Aturu and Ottutu Priests, which was obviously a lord's seat.

(To be continued.) )