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Lit Up with Blue

We walked around the city to see the light festival for Matariki. Christchurch June 2022 New Zealand.

All About Matariki
In Māori culture, Matariki is the name of the Pleiades star cluster and the celebration of its first rising in late June or early July. This marks the beginning of the new year in the Māori lunar calendar.

Historically, Matariki was usually celebrated for a period of days during the last quarter of the moon of the lunar month Pipiri (around June). The ceremony involved viewing the individual stars for forecasts of the year to come, mourning the deceased of the past year, and making an offering of food to replenish the stars. Some Māori use the rise of Puanga (Rigel) or other stars to mark the new year.

Celebration of Matariki declined during the 20th century, but beginning in the early 1990s it underwent a revival. Matariki was first celebrated as an official public holiday in New Zealand on 24 June 2022.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matariki

Taken in: New Zealand / Canterbury / Christchurch (show map)

Taken on: June 29, 2022

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