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• karakia

  1. (verb) (-tia) to recite ritual chants, say grace, pray, recite a prayer, chant.   Nā, ka mahia e ngā tohunga ka unuhia ngā rito kōrari, ka karakiatia kia mōhiotia ai, ka mate ka ora rānei (M 2005 wh280).Now, the tohunga plucked the centre shoots of the flax, and recited incantations over them to ascertain whether the result would be defeat or victory.
  2. (noun) prayer, grace, blessing, service, church service.   Kāore he utu mō ngā tīkiti, kāore hoki he ohaoha i roto i ngā karakia (TTT 1/10/1923 wh16).The tickets are free and there is no offertory in the service.
  3. (noun) incantation, ritual chant, chant, intoned incantation - chants recited rapidly using traditional language, symbols and structures. The two most important symbols referred to in karakia are of sticks and food, while the two key actions are of loosing and binding. Individual karakia tend to follow a pattern: the first section invokes and designates the atua, the second expresses a loosening of a binding, and the final section is the action, the ordering of what is required, or a short statement expressing the completion of the action. The images used in karakia are from traditional narratives. There were karakia for all aspects of life, including for the major rituals, i.e. for the child, canoe, kūmara, war party and the dead. Karakia for minor rituals and single karakia include those for the weather, sickness, daily activities and for curses and overcoming curses. These enabled people to carry out their daily activities in union with the ancestors and the spiritual powers.   Ko tēnei i muri nei he karakia whakahorohoro i ngā tapu o ngā tāngata (TWMNT 3/4/1872 wh58).The following is a ritual chant to remove the tapu of people. See also karakia haumanu, karakia kikokiko, karakia whati, karakia whakahorohoro.