tangi
Britishnoun
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a Māori funeral ceremony
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informal a lamentation
Etymology
Origin of tangi
Māori
Example Sentences
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The tangi is a Māori death rite that involves close and extended family remaining with the dead for three days to mourn and honour them.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2017
The cavalcade held on its way, winding round a high precipitous spur, to reappear again further on, small and distant, then to vanish entirely where a great tangi cleft the heart of the mountain.
From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
The tangi by the camp took a whole night once.
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Mitford, Bertram
He remembered her bizarre midnight walk in a semi-trance, the perilous episode in the tangi and the consummate nerve and utter unconcern she had displayed.
From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
One day she said to the Tarletons,—“Do you remember how scared you all were for fear I should go through the Syyed’s tangi with Mr Raynier?”
From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
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