Uereu, composed by a woman named Tuototo

Item — crate: R043838626, Reel: Unknown

Identifier: AMPS 2023/01. Series 3. Item 3/20

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Scope and Contents

Full transcript:

E turu te marama i te karioi Ko au ka ë, ki te au o te ariki (Ko) taku inangaro ki te koni i maurangi, ea Ko te kino ka tae mai kia Paroro (Ko) aku mana ko ki taku tungane ea Maringa ua ake a Ngarue tei tauera ea Ei Kimi ia aku ea

Dates

1967-10-25

Creator

From the Collection: McLean, Mervyn (1930-2022) (Person)
From the Collection: Mokotupu, Tepaki (Person)
From the Collection: Naku, Simona (Person)

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Biographical / Historical

Composed by a woman named Tuototo, who went to a dance on a moonlit night. Her husband was Paroro. He saw her with a man named Tamariki and beat her, as a result of which she ran away and hid in a cave. She remembered her bother Ngarue, who had died, and wished he was there to take her part. This happened before Gospel times.