Poi Spinning

Bodhisattva · Apr 15th, 2008, 19:18

Does anyone know of any poi lessons in Delhi? Maybe the New Zealand embassy has something..there are a lot of expats on this site so was wondering if someone has an idea. Thanks!

edwardseco · Apr 15th, 2008, 21:22

Fire spinning for the rest of us..

brownboy66 · Apr 16th, 2008, 01:18

I think you might be hard pressed to find anyone who can teach poi at the NZ high commission. A friendly bunch, but not a single maori amongst them.

Just out of curiosity - are you simply interested to learn or are you thinking of doing a solo performance?

Bodhisattva · Apr 16th, 2008, 17:56

Fire Spinning is an advanced form of that apparently. If you're good enough with the poi, you can move on to that.

I realize that the NZ embassy would be lacking in Maori elements, but loads of embassies here have cultural classes..like I remember the Spanish embassy used to have these salsa classes and Cuban had cigar appreciation ones. But poi does not have that kind of mass appeal probably.
I'm a dancer so would use it in a performance, it's such a graceful technique..

brownboy66 · Apr 16th, 2008, 19:58

If anyone were to set maori poi on fire - it would be by accident (although for many of our cousins further north in the pacific - its definitely a part of their kawa).

Sorry - the NZ high commission is a tiny operation and they don't run any cultural programmes as such. There's nothing else that comes to mind unfortunately.

BabeInTheWoods · Apr 16th, 2008, 20:13

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Originally Posted by brownboy66

If anyone were to set maori poi on fire - it would be by accident (although for many of our cousins further north in the pacific - its definitely a part of their kawa).

Sorry - the NZ high commission is a tiny operation and they don't run any cultural programmes as such. There's nothing else that comes to mind unfortunately.

I learnt to do the fire poi a few years ago. But one of them let go and went flying over onto the neighbour's roof...I moved right on to origami.

Bodhisattva · Apr 17th, 2008, 01:50

Hardly anyone uses the Maori poi now, I'm referring to the newage poi..they have a mechanism for fire spinning.

Thanks anyway

brownboy66 · Apr 17th, 2008, 02:52

lol - new age poi! Had to happen eventually (wonder if there's a new age patu and new age taiaha to go with it). Guess I better stow my traditional piupiu then.

Sorry to prove otherwise - but maori use of the maori poi is alive and well - and thriving. It just gets bigger every year - but that's ok. We're pretty happy with the way we've doing our kapahaka (including the poi) - feel free to set yours on fire.

"kia mau ki to maoritanga"! aue!

Brisso · Apr 17th, 2008, 09:57

Most members here love spinning the poi ... Oh, poi means fire, sorry!

BabeInTheWoods · Apr 17th, 2008, 10:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by brownboy66

lol - new age poi! Had to happen eventually (wonder if there's a new age patu and new age taiaha to go with it). Guess I better stow my traditional piupiu then.

Sorry to prove otherwise - but maori use of the maori poi is alive and well - and thriving. It just gets bigger every year - but that's ok. We're pretty happy with the way we've doing our kapahaka (including the poi) - feel free to set yours on fire.

"kia mau ki to maoritanga"! aue!

Brownboy

Yep, the maori use of poi is definately alive and well in NZ. And long may it do so. Kapahaka is awesome. - it's a beautiful thing to behold. It always sends shivers up my spine to watch and listen to it - something I could never tire of.

Don't stow your piupiu just yet mate. And your patu and taiaha could come in useful if you go to Agra. Just imagine the touts' faces....

(Pictures Brownboy in a grass skirt rolling his eyes doing the haka at them. Pictures touts screaming and running for cover)

brownboy66 · Apr 17th, 2008, 10:56

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Originally Posted by BabeInTheWoods

(Pictures Brownboy in a grass skirt rolling his eyes doing the haka at them. Pictures touts screaming and running for cover)

funny, the picture in my mind was more along the lines of getting arrested for causing a disturbance....

Apr 15th, 2008, 19:18	#1
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