A Maori wharepuni or house were very detailed with cravings on the out side and inside. Most of the exterior of a wharepuni were covered in carvings especially the front. There was a legend I found the is superposed to be how Maori discovered carving.
According to legend, carving was discovered by Ruatepupuke when rescued his son, Manuruhi, from the carved underwater village of Tangaroa, the god of the sea.
Here are two similarities and two differences between a wharepuni and my house.
Similarities
- Both are where people can sleep.
- Both have windows and doors.
Differences
- A wharepuni roof and walls are made of timber, fern, rushes and bark unlike regular house that are made of wood and plaster.
- Wharepuni have carvings outside but regular house don't.
Hi Braeden,
ReplyDeleteRuby here from the Summer Learning Journey team. It's great to see that you have continued working on these activities. Well done!
Great work here! I like how you have told us some information about how the Maori discovered carvings. That is a great piece of information to have about the wharepuni's. What do you think the carvings on a wharepuni symbolise?
You've come up with some great similarities and differences here. Well done! One of the differences I had was that a wharepuni has a thatched roof and I have a tiled roof. Do you know what a thatched roof is?
I look forward to reading more great blog posts of yours over the summer.
Cheers,
Ruby.