tangi
Britishnoun
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a Māori funeral ceremony
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informal a lamentation
Etymology
Origin of tangi
Māori
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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 story of this latter event in its completeness they had agreed to keep to themselves, only giving out that the Gularzai had shrunk from following them into the tangi from superstitious motives.
From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Bertram Mitford
He mocks the war-song; but should I see your fall, at least one Pakeha Maori shall raise the tangi; and with flint and shell as of old shall the women lament you.
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 A Pakeha Maori
This tangi is over narrow for two parties to pass each other.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford
There’s a high kotal between cliffs, which gives one a splendid view; then we can go down into the valley, and home again round another way, through a fine tangi which is well worth seeing.”
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Bertram Mitford
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