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Mike Franksuclamikefranks@pixelfed.social
2025-10-28
Hongi - The breath of life by Italian artist Francesco Camillo Giorgino aka Millo @_millo_ at 105 Cameron Street, Whangārei 0110, New Zealand in October 2019 for Street Prints Manaia, International Art Festival @street_prints. Photos taken February 2025. Thanks to @streetartcities app for leading me to Whangārei.
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'Hongi - The breath of life - I painted this mural for Street Print Manaia Festival.
HONGI is the traditional Māori greeting in New Zealand. It is done by pressing one’s nose and forehead (at the same time) to another person at an encounter.
During the hongi, the “ha”, or breath of life is exchanged and intermingled.
The breath of life is also considered the sharing of both parties’ souls.
Through the exchange of this physical greeting, one is no longer considered “manuhiri” visitor, but rather “tangata whenua, one of the people of the land.' @_millo_
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Artist website: https://millo.biz
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#aerosol #Aotearoa #breathoflife #contemporaryart #explorenewzealand #globalstreetart #graffitiart #ha #hongi #insearchofstreetart #italianartist #jj_urbanart #millo #milloland #mural #muralart #newzealand #publicart #sprayart #streetart #streetart_daily #streetarteveryday #streetarteverywhere #streetartist #streetartphotography #streetartworldwide #streetprintsmanaia #urbanart #wallart #whangarei
Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:markwyner@mas.to
2025-10-04

In 2018 I was in New Zealand and got to visit my Māori friend Karl. We spent some time together and he shared some of his culture with me.

When it was time to depart, he engaged with me in a gesture called “hongi” (breath of life).

It was intimate and unexpected. But within seconds I felt something very powerful. Something beautiful.

That was a good moment. It reminds me that there is some humanity out there.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongi

#Maori #Hongi #Indigenous #Humanity #NewZealand

A Māori man wth tā moko (facial tattoos) and an older Māori woman with their foreheads pressed together and their noses touching. Their eyes are closed and they look as if they are feeling emotional.
Ans Westra (POTD)PhotographerOfTheDay@mastodon.ozioso.online
2024-07-14

Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia
black and white photograph 250 x 227 mm - Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1980

#TurangawaewaeMarae #Ngaruawahia #Tāmaki #Matapihi #Kōtuia #Māori #women #elderly #headscarves #MokoWhakatehe #Hongi #TheMāoriPortfolio #Photograph

api.digitalnz.org/records/1849

The image depicts two older women sharing a warm and intimate moment. They are facing each other with their foreheads touching, suggesting a deep connection or affection between them. The woman on the left is wearing a dark-colored headscarf and has her hair pulled back, while the woman on the right is donning a light-colored hat that matches her attire. Their eyes are closed, emphasizing the tender nature of their interaction. The photograph is captured in black and white, which lends a timeless quality to the scene, focusing the viewer's attention on the emotional connection between the two subjects.

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