matariki

Q: what is Matariki about and who celebrates it

A:  Matariki celebrates seven stars that come out at a certain time of year, all though it is a Maori legend kiwis/Europeans celebrate it as well

Q: What are the names of the Matariki seven stars

A: Matariki,Waiti,Waita,Tupuanuku and Urangi. This group of stars is also called the Paladies.

 Q:get the legend of Matariki and write the legend in your own word.

A: according to the legend,Papatuanuku ( The Land ) and Ranginui ( The Sky ) were separated because the children wanted space. Tane Mehta (the forest) pushed the sky with his hands and split up the earth and the sky.  Another child of thew wind was very sad for his parents and threw all seven children, including himself into space and they a the seven stars.

IN MY OWN WORDS: there were two gods. One of the sky and one of the earth. They had seven children. the children were so crammed they pushed their parents apart, sending the god of the earth to the earth and the god of the sky to the sky. the brother of the children, the god of the wind, was so furious that he threw the seven children into space and they are the seven Matariki stars

Q:is this story convincing

A:this story is very convincing and it is very well explained.

Q:do the stars have other name and if so what are they?

A: the palaides,sirius B and sirius A, the two different groups.