{"id":3938,"date":"2012-04-25T11:26:19","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T10:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/?p=3938"},"modified":"2012-05-01T11:35:58","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T10:35:58","slug":"na-ratou-mo-tatou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/?p=3938","title":{"rendered":"Na Ratou Mo Tatou"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘They did it for us.’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today is Anzac Day, which commemorates the Servicemen and Women from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who have fought for, and lost their lives for us.<\/p>\n

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I attended Ngakau Toa’s<\/strong> performance of Troilus and Cressida<\/strong> last night, which opened the ‘Globe to Globe’<\/strong> series of plays performed in 37 World languages. Set across the battlelines of the Trojan War, it provided a poignant precursor to today’s commemoration. The performance concluded with a soliloquoy from Rawiri Paratene’s Panatara (Pandarus), which, in the words of The Telegraph’s Dominic Cavendish<\/a>, captured the ‘wry sadness of an old man… reflecting on the timeless spectacle of youthful slaughter.<\/strong>‘<\/p>\n

At the end we were treated to a spine-tingling, spontaneous illustration of Maori Spirit. The\u00a0performers gathered on stage to sing a Waiata, and parts of the crowd including London based Ngati Ranana<\/strong> members joined in. The voices merged, then the two groups exchanged heartfelt, stirring Haka which transcended words to communicate a sense of love, acknowledgment, connection and community.<\/p>\n

‘I te t\u014dnga mai o te r\u0101 ki te uranga mai o te rangi, ka maumahara tonu t\u0101tou.’<\/strong>
\nAt the going down of the sun and at the rising of the dawn, we shall remember them.<\/p>\n

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