Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 1, 2018 16:15:51 GMT 12
ACTION URGED AFTER SONG USES KARAKIA
WELLINGTON: The use of a Maori karakia in a Korean pop song has ramped up calls for the Government to protect Maori intellectual property, some saying that cultural appropriation of Maoritanga is getting out of hand.
The video clip has been viewed about seven million times since in the past week, but it is an uneasy watch for Karaitiana Taiuru.
‘‘I was little bit shocked and disappointed, because of the words that were used . . . It is a karakia and to me our karakia was being mocked,’’ he said......
www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/otago-daily-times/20181130/281887299369775
WELLINGTON: The use of a Maori karakia in a Korean pop song has ramped up calls for the Government to protect Maori intellectual property, some saying that cultural appropriation of Maoritanga is getting out of hand.
The video clip has been viewed about seven million times since in the past week, but it is an uneasy watch for Karaitiana Taiuru.
‘‘I was little bit shocked and disappointed, because of the words that were used . . . It is a karakia and to me our karakia was being mocked,’’ he said......
www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/otago-daily-times/20181130/281887299369775