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Energizing everyday practices through the indigenous spirituality of haka

Pages 9-18 | Published online: 20 Feb 2017
 

ABSTRACT

For many Māori, the dominant Western episteme of materialism and individualism does not underpin a Māori way of intimately connecting to and knowing the land and contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand society. Occupational science can profit from the insights that Māori spirituality is nonetheless, spirituality and, in its divinity, can transcend and talk meaningfully to all cultures and peoples who choose to engage. In this paper, I investigate how Māori spirituality can inspire everyday practices through the medium of haka – Māori performance art. I investigate the nature of indigenous Māori spirituality and its relationship to art, proposing that Māori spirituality is a cultural framework that inspires, energizes, and synergizes all those who engage and share in its life force. I seek to create systematic foundations for everyday occupations based on kaupapa (goal, purpose), mārama (enlightenment, understanding), pono (truth, integrity), tika (right and correct conduct), aroha (love, passion), and mana (power, wisdom); concepts deeply rooted in Māori culture and history. Each concept is linked to form a foundational framework, with the performance art of haka being a medium to mobilize this framework, and in turn spiritually energize people’s everyday occupations.

对许多毛利人而言,西方主导思想唯物主义和个人主义并不支持毛利人密切地联系和了解土地以及当代奥特亚罗瓦新西兰社会的方式。休闲科学可以获益于这样的理解:毛利灵性就是灵性的,它的神性,可以超越并与所有选择参与的文化和人民进行有意义的交流。在本文中,我调查毛利人的灵性如何通过haka - 毛利人的表演艺术这个媒介启示日常活动。我调查了土著毛利人灵性的性质及其与艺术的关系,提出毛利灵性是一个文化框架,它激励、鼓舞和协同所有参与和分享其生命力量的人。我设法根据kaupapa(目标,目的)、mārama(启蒙,理解)、pono(真理,正直)、tika(正确和品行)、aroha(爱,激情)和mana(权力,智慧),这些深深植根于毛利文化和历史的概念,来创造一个日常休闲的系统基础。每个概念都链接起来形成一个基础框架,哈卡(haka)的表演艺术作为一种媒介来使这个框架起作用,从而在精神上激发人们的日常休闲活动。

Para muchos los Māori, el episteme dominante occidental de materialismo e individualismo no respalda la manera en qué los Māori conectan íntimamente y conocen la tierra y la sociedad contemporánea de Aotearoa en Nueva Zelanda. Sin embargo, la ciencia ocupacional puede beneficiarse de todos modos de las percepciones de la espiritualidad Māori, de forma espiritual y divina, de cómo estas permiten trascender y hablar eficazmente con otras culturas y personas que deciden comprometerse. En este estudio, he investigado cómo la espiritualidad Māori puede inspirar las prácticas cuotidianas mediante el haka – el arte escénica Māori. He investigado la naturaleza de la espiritualidad indígena Māori y su relación con el arte, proponiendo la espiritualidad Māori como marco cultural que inspira, proporciona energía y establece sinergias con todos aquellos que se comprometen y comparten la fuerza de la vida. Busco crear las bases sistemáticas para las ocupaciones cuotidianas en base a kaupapa (meta, propósito), mārama (iluminación, comprensión), pono (verdad, integridad), tika (derecho y conducta correcta), aroha (amor, pasión) y mana (poder, sabiduría), conceptos profundamente ligados a la cultura e historia de los Māori. Cada concepto está relacionado para formar un marco estructural con la escenificación del arte de haka, siendo un medio para movilizar este marco y a cambio, proporcionar a las personas energía espiritual en sus ocupaciones cuotidianas.

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