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Mujokan t1_j2epb0p wrote

Reply to comment by DryTown in Mt Taranaki from the Pouakai Tarn, New Zealand (OC) [3861x4979] by Sounstream

Well you know NZ can be proud about mountains and volcanoes and naturally they are part of Maori mythology and so this isn't called Mt Egmont any more.

I seem to remember this volcano got used as a stand-in for Mt Fuji in that Tom Cruise movie. Fuji obviously being really important in Japanese religion.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that mountains are awesome.

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Kaymish_ t1_j2f2hkc wrote

When you write your pepeha one of the first few lines is which mountain you belong to. That's how important they are.

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Mujokan t1_j2f66z2 wrote

I am not sure what mountain I belong to and that is fucking me up right now.

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Kaymish_ t1_j2f8k2s wrote

Thats not uncommon. Many of us got cut off from our culture over the years and we are currently living in a time of reconnection and rediscovery. When I needed to write my pepeha I didn't know my mountain either so I thought a bit and chose one that I felt close to. It ended up being the same mountain as mum picked.

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Mujokan t1_j2faw9p wrote

I am going to say Ruapehu. But i love the bays around Banks peninsula (Horomaka?)

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Owlmoose t1_j2ewd64 wrote

The last samurai. Bang on.

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Mujokan t1_j2eyib9 wrote

Yeah I think that type of volcano isn't that common.

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