WHAKATANE, New Zealand - Pouroto Ngaropo, standing on an ancient settlement site overlooking the island of Whakaari, recites his ancestry back thousands of years, back to the volcano which erupted there on Monday.
The volcano island off New Zealand’s North Island holds deep spiritual significance for his iwi or tribe, Ngāti Awa, which also own the company that ran tours there before the eruption. The morning after the eruption, Ngaropo went out with two others at 4 a.m. - the time when he says the connection with the spiritual world is strongest.
“We can’t because Whakaari is in a state of mourning, her descendants have passed on and they’re lying dead, still there on the island. The rāhui protects all of those things, it protects their spiritual right to have a proper burial ceremony,” he said.The spiritual and cultural restrictions will last until all remains had been returned to families, Ngaropo said. When that happens, he will go out again, early in the morning, to lift the prohibition.
Or The Eruption Is Just A Natural Event... So Many Of Them Occur Each Year!!
I thought Volcanoes were non binary 😂😂 Nothing is speaking to you, cut the crap. It’s a natural phenomenon and it will happen whether you’re there or not😂😂
yes the message was very clear, don't use an active volcano as a tourism stop. Problem solved
Yeah Im going to erupt. Message recieved.
Mmkay
Listen, more than likely, there were black people on those cruise ships. But, unlike white people, when they saw the volcano steaming, they 'stayed' on the ship! White people, if there's a potential for danger that can result in injury/death, stop, turn around, walk away!
Right. She's saying 'Why the hell didn't you get out of here when you heard the rumbling weeks ago?'
Ok. I respect to his talk but how can reuters make a news about old, tribe style, mytholigical explanations ? These kind of stories are not true it is known for a long time. Why do you make unnecessary news ?
That volcanoes create the most CO2 on the planet and Greta will try to ban them?
Okay, here we go! Was Pearl Harbor a message? Was JFK's assassination a message? Was Columbine a message? Was 9/11 a message? The only message is when Mother Nature tells you, she's about to explode, don't go on the DAMN island!
Two mornings ago, I stomped my pinky toe on the bedpost, while getting back in bed to the point where it was bleeding. Was there a message in that?
Volcanoes have been erupting for how long ? Remind me, what is magma? Remind me, how does a volcano increase land mass?
Volcanos have been talking to us for millions of years, except, humans were no where in site.
never would say it´s a she
Volcano god. Seems legit.
You knew it... climate change.
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