The hongi (Māori pronunciation: [ˈhɔŋi]) is a traditional Māori greeting performed by two people pressing their noses together, often including the touching of the foreheads. [1] . The greeting …

Aug 16, 2019 · The hongi is the Mãori welcome expressed by the rubbing or touching of noses, something akin to the Western custom of kissing someone by way of greeting; however, the …

A Maori elder explains the meaning of the hongi when two people touch noses in a formal Maori greeting. At her home just north of Tuai, a small town in the mountains of the North Island of …

A traditional Māori greeting, the hongi, meaning sharing of breath, is performed by two people pressing their noses together. The greeting is used at traditional meetings and ceremonies …

Māori men usually greet each other with the ‘hongi’. This involves two people pressing their noses and foreheads together, while clasping hands, and breathing in simultaneously to share a …

Aug 24, 2011 · A New Zealand Maori elder explains the meaning of the hongi when two people touch noses in a formal Maori greeting.

Mar 19, 2019 · The hongi is the traditional Maori greeting that sees two people welcome each other by rubbing or touching noses. It is a New Zealand tradition that comes from the Maori …

Sep 25, 2008 · The head is bent, the eyes closed, and sometimes foreheads touch as noses are pressed. Some choose to press once and some twice – both ways are of equal significance. …

May 28, 2018 · They greet people in this unique style, by briefly pressing their foreheads and noses together at the same time. Their belief is that, during this process, the ha – or breathe of …

the pressing of noses (signifying unity in the mingling of one another's breath) I hongi ngā manuhiri i te tangata whenua. The manuhiri pressed noses with the people of the marae.