Friday, 14 August 2020

(maramataka) The moon phases.

 WALT:understand and explain concepts of traditional Maori time telling. 

We were learning about Maramataka and the Gregorian sun calendar yesterday. We were learning about when Maori stopped using their traditional Maori Luna calendar. They started using the Gregorian sun calendar. 

Did you know that it takes 360 1/2 days for the earth to go around the sun. Before the sun rises there are stars that the Maori  ancestors would look for on the east horizon.

Tuesday is associated with the god of war and  mars. 

I wonder: how did Maori know when it was time to have breakfast, lunch and dinner.


1 comment:

  1. Your picture is wonderful and people could gain knowledge from this you could have more detail in your sentences it has wonderful explanation for learning well done

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