On Thursday Room 16 20 and 21 went to the Manukau Vodafone Event Centre. When we arrived we walked patiently and nicely off the bendy bus. When we got off the bus we placed our bag against the stone wall. Next one of the helpers told us to come inside.
Then Moss, one of talented dancer/teachers took us to the
Maori Pou Kapua. Up the top of the Pou Kapua was Kupe. Next we saw Rangi and Papa in the middle of the
pole. Tangaroa, the atua of the sea was at the bottom.
Next we went to the wooden stage and Moss organised us into
3 groups. We went with Megan another talented dancer, to learn a dance about Kupe, Rangi and Papa. We learnt lots of dances using our bodies and not our mouths.
Next we had to go
over to the stage to practice our dance. We had to pretend we were snappers, also
stingrays and paua.
Next it was time to go to Gabby who is also a talented
dancer/teacher. The first part of the dance was to be a centipede. Levi was the
leader. While we were following we had to stretch our arms and legs with our
knees bending. Half way through we had to pretend we were carving .While we
were carving we made a koru . Slowly, slowly we sat down while Hare, who was
Tawhaki and did a Maori pose and the rest of us did a noise called PEW PEW.
Then we pretended we were being bitten by mosquitoes. After that we went on to
the stage to perform our dance in front of the other classes.
We had a great time there and we learnt lots about Maori
myths. We wish we could go there again. It was a delightful experience.
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