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
While the tangi was going on between the two principals, the companions of our chief each selected one of the visitors, and rushing into his arms, went through a similar scene.
From Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 by Maori, A Pakeha
We are in a sort of tangi, only it is closed at one end.
From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
By the way, Haslam, how is it all this while we’ve never been through that tangi?
From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
See a description of a tangi further on.
From Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 by Maori, A Pakeha
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