thumb|East Timor's ambassador (left) accepts the during a .|upright=1.5 A ' ( ; ), also known as a () or ' () in some dialects, is a formal Māori welcoming ceremony onto a , involving speeches, cultural performance, singing and finally the . The term also refers specifically to an action chant of welcome that is sometimes performed as part of the general .
thumb|East Timor's ambassador (left) accepts the during a .|upright=1.5 A ' ( ; ), also known as a () or ' () in some dialects, is a formal Māori welcoming ceremony onto a , involving speeches, cultural performance, singing and finally the . The term also refers specifically to an action chant of welcome that is sometimes performed as part of the general .
Traditionally, the was a way by which the ('people of the land') could determine the intentions of ('visitors'), so as to avoid conflict. The is a cultural practice deeply rooted in Māori mythology. It serves the purpose of spiritually clearing a path for communication, so that the two groups can meet in a safe and productive way. The details of the ('protocols') of the vary between , but the general structure of the ceremony is broadly similar across all ('tribes').
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).