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Saturday 23 December 2017

Day 4 activity 2 - Playing games SLJ

Kia ora and welcome back to my blog!

In this activity I have to choose a maori game that I liked and explain what the name of the game is, the goal or purpose of the game and two rules. Well one game that I chose wasn't actually from the list from this activity but you guys should know it. Its called pukana.

Image result for pukana game

Pukana is a game where people have to keep the rhythm going but if you muck it up, then your out. Here's how you play the game. 

The game starts with the caller that says "Te nei te kemu, pukana, pukana, rai ti". After the caller says that, He/she will choose a way and say PUKANA to the person beside them. And make sure your keeping the rhythm going. If you want to choose someone different from opposite you, you say "Aue" then the person you chose says "he" and carries on with the word "PUKANA".

There is also another way of saying the caller's bit which is "He toru karanga mata huriana", then you reply with "Hi, hi, hi ha". Then the caller says "wai wai takahia", then you reply with "Hi, hi, hi ha". The the caller says "show me a pukana", then you all show a pukana". After that the caller says "pukana hi, pukana ha, pukana, pukana, pukana, PUKANA and pass it on while you say the last pukana.


Here's an example:

"He toru karanga mata huriana, hi hi hi ha. Wai wai takahia, hi hi hi ha. Show me a pukana(show your pukana), pukana hi, pukana ha, pukana, pukana, pukana, PUKANA!

My favourite thing about this game is that you get to verse people that are next to you, it's so funny and amazing.

If you don't understand then here's a video to help you!

CLICK HERE: This is one way of playing it.

Make sure to play this game.

Thanks for reading and more blog posts will be coming so stay tuned!

Ka kite ano...

2 comments:

  1. Hi Cerenity,

    Ruby here from the Summer Learning Journey team. It's great to see that you've completed another activity. Well done!

    This is a great game. I have played it a few times and it's always really funny! It can take quite a while to get the hang of it, we found. We would always get out of time and then couldn't find the beat again.

    You've done a great job of describing the activity and adding a link so that people could watch how to do it was a great idea. After reading your blog, I think lots of people will want to try it out!

    Have you played any of the other games that were listed on the Summer Learning Journey website? I always enjoy Poi Rakau.

    I look forward to reading more of your blog.
    Cheers,
    Ruby.

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  2. Idiotic

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