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Hero Stories of New Zealand
The War-Dance — This depicts the tutu-waewae, or leaping-parade of a Maori war-party, preliminary to marching against — the enemy. In the Taranaki wars of the Sixties, the battle songs shouted by the leader and responded to in — chorus by his men frequently invoked the sacred guardian mountain Taranaki (Mt. Egmont), seen in the — background of this picture. From a painting by A. H. Messenger
The War-Dance
This depicts the tutu-waewae, or leaping-parade of a Maori war-party, preliminary to marching against
the enemy. In the Taranaki wars of the Sixties, the battle songs shouted by the leader and responded to in
chorus by his men frequently invoked the sacred guardian mountain Taranaki (Mt. Egmont), seen in the
background of this picture. From a painting by A. H. Messenger.