#mataora

[lordstumpy]

Hey!! I love your Miku! I had a question. Why no tā moko?

Either way, beautiful!!

Kia ora, kia ora! Thanks for the ask, I did answer this briefly in the replies on the original post but I'll reiterate it here so that it's more visible. 🤙🏾 Disclaimer: I am not an expert on tā moko by any means, this is just the reason why I decided against it! My opinion doesn't reflect that of every Māori everywhere. Cool? Alright. The main reason I didn't give her a moko kauae - the womens facial moko, is because only Māori people get them (bar a few, very specific exceptions) - this is the general consensus on all tā moko. They carry extremely significant meaning for the wearer, so I didn't feel it right to put one on this design. (See also 'Kirituhi' if you're interested in digging a little deeper.) The second reason is actually just that I'm not that great at toi Māori (traditional Māori art forms) - that's my dad's gift lol. I'm a do it right or don't do it at all kind of person. There were a couple iterations I had of her with Kirituhi on her arms but I just didn't like the way they were turning out so I axed it. Third and final reason is that not all Māori have tā moko - especially facial moko - moko kauae and mataora. The practice is making a come-back but it's currently not the norm! Even traditionally it wouldn't have been something that everyone received - for one reason or another. I think every other version of Māori Miku I've seen has had a moko kauae, which is fine! Again, this is just how I feel about it - and it's something I chose to do out of reverence. I love that people think they're cool and want to see tā moko more often! There are Māori characters that I'm developing that will have Tā moko, I may have to start chipping away at that story again! Hope this was a fair enough answer :] Nga mihi!

[ierotits]

watching ka whawhai tonu tonight. 2 mins in fully didnt recognise temuera morrison cos he's got mataora and. a full head of hair.

[javiyahnikoia-blog]

Photoshoot:

Last night I headed to raglan with some friends to do a photoshoot for this project. When I first thought of the idea of ‘Māori language revitalisation’ I thought of my friend who has a mataora (Māori face tattoo) and immediately wanted him to be apart of my project. So I reached out to him and he was keen to be the model for my photos.

The first part of reclaiming our language is by being connected to our land. So for these photos, I wanted to be in nature. I wanted to capture moments where the land embraces him and he embraces the land simultaneously. We directed at lowlight golden hour/blue hour to get softer tones of light. We started in the ngahere (forest/bush) while the light was higher and then finished on the beach, as the sun was setting.

These photos are the BEFORE photos. I’m currently editing the photos to get the certain vibe I’m going for and hopefully create some magic. Cannot wait to see what I come up with

[tabzjoynt]

#mataora

I reckon it made him more handsome, the symmetry and the line work is hectic 💯

Mr G Hoete

[studiowha]

Week 3.2

Passed work / inspiration 

In today’s class, we were shown different campaigns that have taken place, that were really effective. “Proud to be Māori” was exactly that.

The use of the tag line throughout their branding, waiata and using negative information and quickly changed it to something positive to change the tone. Students feedback after watching it was that people are proud in their skin. They took negative stats and instead chose to show the beautiful parts of maori through filming someone signing and taking profile shot photos of men with mataora and tamoko on to portray that proud feeling. The use of typography is simple as they didn’t want too much attention to be pulled away from the imagery and film.

I am thinking to use monologue in my animations and publication, therefore I want to ensure my type doesn’t take away from the imagery and animation. 

[peterkurdulija]

The Sun Is So Overrated by Peter Kurdulija Via Flickr: Oakura, New Zealand

[scenefromthesidewalk]

February 23, 2019

"STU: MY FRIEND, MY BROTHER"

by Owen Dippie

"Tattoo artist and teacher @Stu.McDonald is convinced taa moko (traditional Māori tattoo) can play a role in healing emotional pain," he told Radio New Zealand after he and his wife lost their teenage son to bone cancer. A little over an hour drive from McDonald's home town of Tauranga, fellow New Zealander Owen Dippie says he grew up surrounded by individuals with strong cultural identities, heavily influencing the direction his portrait work took. McDonald began the mataora (facial tattoo) work-in-progress on his face more than a decade ago, at more or less the same time Dippie began painting his highly acclaimed large-scale mural portraits on the streets of New Zealand and New York. Dippie kicked off 2019 by adding this portrait at @TheContainerYard in the Los Angeles Arts District, capturing the progress of his beloved countryman.  @owendippie/

[toiariki]

“Taia o Moko, Hei Hoa Oranga mou” #mataora #toiariki #tamoko #moko #maori #aotearoa #artist #richiefrancis #tattoomaori #maoritattoo #tattoo #foryou https://www.instagram.com/p/CjyNmHTP3_F/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[faintvibes]

Rona and the Moon is one of my favourites, so glad to see you enjoy it! If I were to recommend any, some good ones are Whaitere, the Enchanted Stingray, the story of Mataora and Niwareka or one of Māui's many adventures (some highlights are: the time he fished the North Island up from the sea, the time he stole fire for humans)- he's a comparable sort of figure to Paul Bunyan, and very beloved across Polynesian cultures.

The Story of Creation is also something most people know/myth retellings assume you know, so it would also be a good idea to look at that.

Do you guys have any legends/your country’s mythology that you guys would like to share?

[djinah]

¿cómo es tu tipo ideal de pareja?

‘ ah, mierda. nunca lo he pensado. ’ mentira. ‘ supongo que alguien que sea soportable y si tiene dinero es un plus que aceptaré con gusto, aunque no me vayan esas mierdas del compromiso. ¡ah! tiene que estar bueno también, muy importante. ’ con que la soporten y no se vayan / la abandonen es suficiente.

[sisterofiris]

I just discovered your blog and can I just say your incredible knowledge is absolute goals, and wishing you all the best with your double masters :)) This might be a little off topic, but I was curious of whether you're familiar with Joseph Campbell's works and if so what are your views on his interpretation of ancient myths? Especially the Ancient Greek myths. Thanks! :)

Thank you for your wishes :)

I wasn’t familiar with Joseph Campbell, so I looked him up to get a basic idea of his work. From what I read, he seemed to have some interesting theories. I wouldn’t take them as gospel - no scholar’s work should be taken as gospel - but they do seem to be worth considering when discussing mythology.

On the other hand, I’m wary of this kind of “collective unconscious” theory because it can very, very easily gloss over the unique character of each culture and their myths. In other words, by looking for common points and trying to string them together into an “average” storyline, you lose sight of what makes these myths different and why they came to exist in that specific form, in that specific context. For example, Persephone’s descent into the Underworld and Mataora’s descent to Rarohenga may seem superficially similar (hero/heroine descends to the Underworld, learns secret knowledge, returns to Earth to teach it to mortals) but the message and meaning of each story are unique.

What’s more, symbolism itself varies based on culture. The class I took this semester on Hittite dreams showed this very well: the Hittites dreamed about very different things from us, and their interpretations of these dreams were different from ours too. For example, the princesses being beaten signified their death, and a roof growing lush with vegetation meant the borderlands were going to be reoccupied. The same difference in symbolism goes for Ancient Greece. Nowadays, if we dream our teeth are falling out, we might deduce that we’re feeling embarrassed or unattractive, but according to the Ancient Greek author Artemidoros, the mouth represents the household, and teeth falling out means a household member will die. My point here is that if we’re going to analyse symbolism in mythology, we need to use the symbolism of the culture itself - not assume ours is universal.

All in all, I’d say Joseph Campbell’s work is interesting, but like any scholar’s, it needs to be read critically, bearing in mind cultural context and meaning.

[transparentgentlemenmarker]

The Māori indigenous people of New Zealand have tattooed their faces for centuries. The marks are called 'tā moko', and are etched with 'uhi' chisels instead of needles to leave grooves along with the ink. The pigment used was soot obtained from burning kahikatea, or white pine, sometimes mixed with kauri gum or soot from the oily koromiko (hebe) shrub. The true form is sacred, unique to each person. Tā moko reflects an individual's whakapapa (ancestry) and personal history. In earlier times, it was an important signifier of social rank, knowledge, skill and eligibility to marry.Traditionally, men received Mataora on their face - as a symbol of nobility. As māori believe the head is the most sacred part of the body, facial tattoos have special significance

Les Maoris peuple indigène de Nouvelle-Zélande se tatouent le visage depuis des siècles. Les marques sont appelées 'tā moko' et sont gravées avec des ciseaux 'uhi' au lieu d'aiguilles pour laisser des rainures avec l'encre. Le pigment utilisé était de la suie obtenue à partir de la combustion de kahikatea, ou de pin blanc, parfois mélangée à de la gomme de kauri ou de la suie de l'arbuste huileux koromiko (hebe). La vraie forme est sacrée, unique à chaque personne. Tā moko reflète le whakapapa (ascendance) et l'histoire personnelle d'un individu. Autrefois, c'était un signifiant important du rang social, des connaissances, des compétences et de l'éligibilité au mariage. Traditionnellement, les hommes recevaient Mataora sur leur visage - comme symbole de noblesse. Comme les maoris croient que la tête est la partie la plus sacrée du corps, les tatouages ​​faciaux ont une signification particulière

[irawhiti]

i was admiring this one ngāti kangaru moko artist’s work thinking “oh wow, this looks pretty similar to the work my guy did! i wonder if they’re from the same iwi or something” and then i scrolled and saw he’s the guy who did my artist’s mataora LOL

[ierotits]

hi!! i have a question (feel free to ignore if u want) & it relates to your answer about Sister (ik her name is Sandraan now but for the uninformed). i know you said she shouldn't necessarily be drawn with moko kauae bc of e.k. j*hnston being part of her 'lineage' & all. so like. i have a clone oc!! her name is Eopie!! she is trans of gender & i have been thinking about her a normal amount (not really). my question is: would it be okay for Eopie to have moko kauae?? or is that something i should avoid?? just bc i think she should have something that is gender affirming & helps her connect with her culture (i lowkey write her as part of the mandalorian diaspora based on my own diaspora experiences). sorry for the rambling!!

(side note i love your oc Tui!! she's so Shaped & i love her armor design & like!! her😍.)

kia ora! i feel like ive posted about putting moko on your own ocs before but it was probably like a year ago lmao

i absolutely think giving trans clones kauae is a good idea, kauae is specifically for māori women, it helps connect us to our identity as wāhine, and its a beautiful thing to see trans wāhine connecting to that!

i would just give a few notes tho! moko is a practice done by and for māori. while the clone is māori and has a right to moko, you as the artist dont. that doesnt mean you cant draw it! it just means that the characters moko should be described as kirituhi instead, which is moko-like markings done for or by pākehā in appreciation of our culture (tribal tattoo isnt kirituhi, its just racist)

make sure youre doing research into the meanings of different designs too! since it is a physical representation of our ancestry, theres some incredibly cool stuff that could be done with moko on clones, in either jango and his ancestors, or you could even go with a rejection of the fetts and claiming other clones as whānau instead. but yeah, make sure youre checking what designs you are doing, and what locations youre doing the kauae on too. a bunch of iwi have sites with info, tiktok users @/tu_edmonds and @/paakadavis have done some great videos on their own mataora which is the masculine facial moko

but absolutely, go ahead and do your research, and create kirituhi for your clone ocs! ek johnston just doesnt get to have her own clone with moko cos shes a racist cunt

[pamwmsn]

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The Māori, indigenous people of New Zealand, have tattooed their faces for centuries. The marks are called 'tā moko', and are etched with 'uhi' chisels instead of needles to leave grooves along with the ink. The pigment used was soot obtained from burning kahikatea, or white pine, sometimes mixed with kauri gum or soot from the oily koromiko (hebe) shrub. The true form is sacred, unique to each person. Tā moko reflects an individual's whakapapa (ancestry) and personal history. In earlier times, it was an important signifier of social rank, knowledge, skill, and eligibility to marry. Traditionally, men received Mataora on their faces - as a symbol of nobility. As māori believe the head is the most sacred part of the body, facial tattoos have special significance.

[witch-insani-tea]

🌒 New Zealand Moons 🌘

As someone who lives in New Zealand in the southern hemisphere, the common names of the moon have never seemed right to me. Because there will be a ‘cold moon’ in summer, and even the moon of my birth month, the ‘wolf moon’, is an animal we don’t have.

I thought it was about time I came up with my own associations. I’ve also added the Māori words (or nearest similar word). So, here they are!

🌕   January: Ocean (Moana) Moon 🌊

🌕   February: Strawberry (Rōpere) Moon 🍓

🌕   March: Harvest (Hauhake) Moon 🌾

🌕   April: Copper (Parahi) Moon 🍂

🌕   May: Mushroom (Harore) Moon 🍄

🌕   June: Rain (Ua) Moon 🌧️

🌕   July: Frost (Hukapapa) Moon ❄️

🌕   August: Magpie (Makipai) Moon ✨

🌕   September: Blossom (Pua) Moon 🌸

🌕   October: Seedling (Mātātupu) Moon 🌱

🌕   November: Life (Mataora) Moon 🥚

🌕   December: Wildflower (Putiputi) Moon 💐

If you’re also in the southern hemisphere, feel free to adopt these or change out the ones that don’t match!