What are taonga puoro in traditional Maori culture?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Traditional musical instruments
- Step 1: Taonga puoro were crafted from wood, bone, stone, and shells, copying the sounds of nature, wind, and birds. Step 2. The putorino is a wooden bugle-flute; the koauau is a bone flute; the purerehua is a whirled bullroarer. Answer: Traditional musical instruments. Why not the others: Musicians like Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns led a major renaissance of taonga puoro in the 1980s.
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