Talk:Tā moko

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"...methods employed were similar to those used in other parts of Polynesia ...". Perhaps, but surely the 'carving' technique of moko is quite different to to the 'prick and pigment' process elsewhere in Polynesia?

I was chatting to someone on chat-avenue.com, and mentioned my interest in Ta-Moko design. She mentioned this dude called Mark Kopua. I Googled his name, and his work looks very interesting. [1] Dessydes 14:06, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

is this relevant? -ross616- 21:46, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

"Men generally received moko on their faces, buttocks (called raperape) and thighs (called puhoro). Women usually wore moko on their lips (kauae) and chins."

"Rape rape"? I might suggest someone defaced this particular Wiki, wouldn't you say? YellerDog (talk) 05:26, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

...But Then! http://www.maori.org.nz/whakairo/?d=page&pid=sp54&parent=52

Huh! —Preceding unsigned comment added by YellerDog (talk • contribs) 05:36, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

The words appear to be unrelated. Try a google search to get more examples of raperape as a legitimate term.-gadfium 06:24, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

No, the page has not been vandalised, raperape is a legitimate tattooing term. Williams dictionary gives 'rape' as 'tattooing on the breech' (ie buttocks). Raperape is a reduplication of that, and reduplication has grammatical significance in Māori. So, raperape is a tattooing term, and by the way is not pronounced anything like the English word that rang false alarm bells. Kahuroa (talk) 10:36, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tattoes and hierachie

Because of this: "So Moko, for this practical sense, became a tool by which a hierarchical custom could be observed and maintained." [2] It's not as simple as the ano says, but there seems to be some through in it. Ciell (talk) 22:48, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

I removed the edit because it was saying that more moko correlated to higher rank, and I don't know whether that's true or not. It is true that the design and existence of a moko correlates to rank and geneology. It might be similar to medals - if I have several medals for long service, does that make me better than you if you have only a Victoria Cross?-gadfium 01:19, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm not protesting against your removal gadfium, but I do think it would indeed be interesting to add this kind of information to the article. I'm just not sure, like you say, how it exactly works... Ciell (talk) 10:13, 15 April 2008 (UTC)