Posts by Richard Aston
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Those pukeko are great. We had a tribe of them around when my last daughter was born, we couldn't tell the difference between her squawks for food and the pukeko's.
The way they walk ! It just looks so ... camp. -
Thanks Islander ,
"cannabalism was used to extinguish mana" that is one kick arse way of dealing with your enemies to be sure. I like it. The flaw, as you point out, is the endless layers of utu that follow. God I wonder how much of human history is based on that! Each generation remembers the wrongs eh.
I reckon your right in saying all human groups have eaten other humans - a cursory reading of this shows we either ate our friends - to gain their mana or we ate our enemies to relinquish theirs. Aside from just basic hunger of course.
Not sure if we have any history of eating others to simply acknowledge or celebrant their mana. I have always wondered about the deepness of cake eating and what it symbolises, seriously! I do a lot a fair amount ceremony and ritual in my life and never really got the strong importance people put on eating cake together withing ritual. Seems to be more than sharing food or breaking bread something liminal about it .
Just wondering and realising I possibly got off the thread to the point of having left it completely. -
Hard News: Name That Food Blog, in reply to Islander,
Kai tangata
Thanks Islander - I didn't know that either - does it matter which way round it goes
tangata kai - same meaning ?Its probably a big question but did cannibalism have the stigma it does today for Maori of old ? It certainly carry's a huge amount of historical baggage worldwide and was also used to stigmatize cultural groups for political purposes.
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Glad I'm not a horse standing barefoot in the snow
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Hard News: Name That Food Blog, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Tis good Ian tis good
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Don't know if you are still reading this Russell but ...
I have enjoyed the creativity coming through in this thread and wondered about other threads around words . I read this lovely quote from a 4 yr old, Billy
"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth."Got me to thinking about thinking of words that feel good in your mouth, word like Blancmange or Plop . Euphonious words ( actually euphonious feels quite nice) .
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Hard News: The music I listened to, in reply to flash,
Gimme Shelter - such a great riffy song - I almost don't care who is singing just listening to the backing is enough
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yup that's red alright good to see you adding colour to your office Jackie
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Capture: Colour is the new black, in reply to Jackie Clark,
Time to get cheerful with the clothes!
Its a picture thread Jackie got any pics then ?
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Hard News: Name That Food Blog, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
I bean thinking…
Lucky we weren’t asked about coffee
– the reaction would have borked the internet…on what grounds?
You are so quick Ian , love it - grinding through the language to expresso your thinking, so... stimulating