Unique Greeting from The East

by Maria Tania Tomatala (016201200015)

Kate Middleton do the Greeting. 

Giving greetings become a habit that has begun to disappear in modern era. As people may know, the young generation think that give a greeting is just a formality without trying to understand the essence behind every greeting which is given. From the past, culture of giving a greeting is already happening around the world and each region has a different culture of greeting. This is a unique way of giving a greeting which is done by Maori people.

Greetings with each other nose rubbing or touching the nose is very commonly performed by the Maori who live in New Zealand. Hail is known as the Hongi. The meaning of the word "hongi" itself means sharing breath. even some of the leaders of the country who come to the area required Maori to do the same to honor the existing culture. It is a traditional culture of greeting. 

This has the same meaning as a formal handshake culture in modern western culture, because this practice is used at a meeting of the communities tradisionalantar Maori and used also in large ceremonies. Breath of life or who is often called the ha will be exchanged and intermingled, this philosophy means that through this physical contact, a person is no longer considered Manuhiri (visitor) Tangata Whenua but rather, one of the people in the country. 

Maori tradition carried, where they greet each other by pressing the nose is considered to have come directly propagators of the Gods. Bnayak people who think that this culture is a strange thing to do, especially by modern western society, which is where they are more frequent physical contact with a greeting that is not too close. However, culture is something that is taken from the common ancestor and the fact that Maori culture is already written in Maori folklore that tells of a woman created by the gods, and her body was formed from the earth. God Tane (man) blew image and breathed into his nostrils, then she was sneezed and alive.

The culture already done from the past.

The culture still exist in the modern-era.