mora seat made from four young coconuts tied together. The children [...]

• • seat made from four young coconuts tied together. The children are made to sit on them during the vaasipoana ceremony (in which children are blessed so that they become healthy and strong).
  • • culture

  • • Example 4623:
      

      Eori repaa no hio rori teo mora, a bua tom tana vai. Aa- toon na maa overe bara o matana.

      And they would go and sit on the mora (a seat made of four coconuts), this couple. Yes, on top of the coconuts and the matana taro.

      Source: Kae 01R 192-193

    • Example 4624:
      

      A ba suamanam he vaasipoana amanam, meori paa vahio anam teo mora.

      When our uncles put us through the vaasipoana ceremony, they made us sit on the mora.

      Source: SaoSen 01W 134

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• See also:
  • matana⁷ top of the taro root or the root of the arrowleaf elephant ear
  • hoavadana bench used in the girls' initiation ceremony
  • vaapuri part of the traditional marriage custom. The couple to be married goes into the garden and is seated on the "mora" with the traditional pandanus hoods ("tovu") over their heads. The mora is covered with matana leaves (taro). The matana-taro is then split above the couple's head, which shows their chiefly status