Maori Music for a Modern Audience

            We've been researching about Maori's music this week. I am happy to present you a Maori song that really is a great one. Māreikura, a song that sang by New Zealand singers MMQ featuring Awhimai Fraser. This song is relaxing but with a strong music aspect that is soothing to the ears together with a traditional chant and played by a contemporary guitar rhythmic.

            MMQ wrote and created this song being inspired and giving admiration to the women in the world which they say 'pilllars that provide foundation to the world'.

            Since then when I hear my Maori schoolmates singing, I am always amazed how they harmonize their voice and that's what I also really liked about the song Māreikura.  The song feels like it's not complete with the delightful voices of the singers. Their harmonized voice gives color to the song and it really is wonderful.

          I love how simple the video was made. It is filmed in a studio where you can see the singers sing with their hearts. I love how one by one the singers are being shown. The song was delivered very well even though two only instruments are used. Their vocals are their strength to convey the song. 

          Māreikura is the Maoris best way to celebrate Matariki. Māreikura literally means the supreme Goddesses of the Twelfth Heaven. They treat women as the doorway to life and they cherish women as they are the heartbeat of the Maori culture.
         

            On the other side, Kirsten Te Rito is also a great New Zealand artists. She is an award-winning from Wellington, New Zealand. One of her songs is the  'Oranga'. Check her out here and discover things about her more.