The Kahurangi Dance Company
Yesterday,we went to the Kahurangi Dance!The Kahurangi Dance Company is a company were they go around visiting schools and entertaining them with Maori legends,which the act out themselves.My favourite was the legend of Poutini,the story of a sea creature...
Whenever she was on land,and the sea called to her,she had to return.
One day,she was hiding in the flax,when she saw a handsome chief.He was fishing.She tried to get a closer look at him,and accidentally let him see her.They fell in love.It was 'love at first sight!'
They secretly got married,and he took her to his house.But,when the sea called her,she said goodbye to her husband,and went.He tried to stop her,but she explained that when the sea called her,she must leave otherwise she would die,but Poutini promised that she would always visit him.So they continued life together.But then her husband went to the priest to ask how he could keep Poutini on shore forever.The priest said that if she ate cooked food,Poutini would stay with him forever.So he tried to make her eat cooked food well she was sleeping.But she woke,and saw what her husband had done.So Poutini spat out the food,and returned to the sea forever.Her husband never saw her again.
I hope you liked the story!The show was a lot of fun,and certainly was entertaining and funny!
