Akunakudideka ne-hangi, i-hongi yi-Moriyo eyamkelekileyo ibonakaliswe ngokuxubha okanye ukuchukumisa iinduku, into efana ne-Western custom of kissing someone by greeting; Nangona kunjalo, iHongi isenzo esibaluleke ngakumbi.
I-hongi yinkokheli yaseNew Zealand evela kwi-legend ye-Mãori edala ubudala ebonisa indlela abafazi abadalwa ngayo. Ngokwembali, isimo somfazi sasibumba emhlabeni, ngoothixo, kodwa kwakungenalo ubomi kwada kwaze kwaba yilapho uThixo uTanne ephefumlelwa emakhaleni enokubunjwa waza wamkela umfanekiso obalaseleyo.
Emva kokuphefumula emakhaleni akhe inkazana yanyuka ize iphile. Umfazi wesibini wanikwa igama elithi Hineahuone, eliguqulelwe "kumfazi owenziwa emhlabeni."
Isithethe esilandelayo emva kwe-hongi sabuyela kwimvelaphi yaseMore kweli lizwe kwaye liyimpembelelo yenkcubeko yeNew Zealand. Ukuba uthendwendwe eNew Zealand kwaye uhanjelwa ukuba uthathe inxaxheba kulo mqondiso ongcwele nozukileyo, kufuneka uhlale uyamkela ngenxa yentsingiselo ehambelana nayo.
Ukuba "iTangata Whenua" njengeMvakatye
Ukuba i-hongi iyenze kunye nawe njengomvakatye, oku kuthetha ukuba awusuye nje isivakashi nje-wena uyisangoma xawa , oku kuthetha ukuba uya kubambisana nalabo benza iHongi kunye nawe.
Intsingiselo yesiHongile iguqulela "ukwabelana ngokuphefumula," okuwuphawu oluphawulekayo. Xa isivakashi, esibizwa ngokuba yi-manuhiri, sichaza i-hongi kunye nommandla wendawo, umvo wembopheleleko kwakhona unikwe lowo mntu malunga nendawo yabo kwisimo esincinci se-siqithi.
Ukuze ubonise ingqiqo yakho entsha, uxhomekeke kwi-tangata i-asua kufuneka ufumane inxaxheba kwimisebenzi ethile ebonisa ukunyaniseka nokuxabisa umhlaba ngokwawo.
Kwixesha elidlulileyo, oku kuya kuquka imisebenzi enjengokuthwala iingalo ukwenzela ukukhusela abantu bakho kunye nokutshintsha izityalo, kodwa ngoku i-tangata i-asua esanda kuqeshwa isadingeka ukuba ihlanganyele kwiimbopheleleko zobuqu njengokuba ungashiyi lutho kwi siqithi kwaye uhloniphe imvelo ubuhle.
Ukwenza i-Hongi ngokuchanekileyo
I-hongi, okanye "ukwabelana ngumoya," ngumsebenzi oyingcwele kunye ohloniphekileyo obonakaliswa ngendlela ehluke kakhulu: ukutshintshiselana ngokwenyama apho abantu ababini baxinezela iinduku zabo.
Ngokuba nabahlobo bayabingelela ngaphakathi kwendawo esondeleyo, i-hongi ibonisa isenzo esinamandla kunokuba sithinte ngesandla. Ngokubingelelana ngolo hlobo olukude, abathathi-nxaxheba babelana ngokuphefumula, besabelana ngokubaluleka kokuhlala nabanye.
Ukuba unethamsanqa ukufumana isabelo esingcwele sokwabelana nomoya, khumbula ukuba i-hongi enye inokubambisana neendawo zamaMori kwaye ibangela ukuba ube nolwazi oluphakanyisiwe ukusuka kulowo uhambo oluthile okanye umhenwa onakho. Ngokuzibandakanya kwi-hongi, kungekhona nje kuphela ukuba uyamkelwa ngokusemthethweni ngabantu baseMore, nawe uthatha uxanduva olukhulu.