New Zealand is not cheap. Even though it has only cost us about 73 cents to buy a Kiwi dollar, we have found the cost of most things to be at least as expensive as in the old US of A. But it remains a value based on the friendliness of the people, the beauty of its landscape and the quality of its parks and nature trails. The Kiwi children played freely with Emily and many of the children romped around the parks and play areas without parental supervision; much like Americans may have acted back in the 1950s.
The community put on a farewell dinner for the cruisers and brought in some Mauri singers and dancers to entertain us. We hope you enjoy my video as much as we did the performance. The lighting could have been better, but you should still feel the love.
As you watch, there are certain distinctive traits that mark this as Mauri. The shaking hands on both the men and women (that I explained on an earlier blog), the use of Poi (soft white balls) that are used in one of the numbers, and the Haka (originally performed by warriors before a battle) are all unique to these special people.
Turn your heat up to about 80 degrees, wiggle your bare toes in hot sand, sit back and enjoy…
Tom
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