karakia
(NZ) Māori incantations and prayers, used to invoke spiritual guidance and protection.
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(NZ) Māori incantations and prayers, used to invoke spiritual guidance and protection.
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- incantation61%
The act or process of using formulas and/or usually rhyming words, sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results.
- whaikorero61%
(NZ) formal speechmaking in the Māori culture.
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(New Zealand) Witchcraft, black magic; a spell or curse.
- kaupapa61%
(NZ) Among the Māori people, a philosophy or set of principles.
- incantation60%
A formula of words used as above.