Rather than “Lockdown” which is making me feel like I am in jail at the moment and wanting to bust out.
I prefer our Māori word Rāhui.
It’s gives me much more peace.
💛
Rāhui ~
To put in place a temporary ritual prohibition, closed season, ban, reserve - traditionally a rāhui was placed on an area, resource or stretch of water as a conservation measure or as a means of social and political control for a variety of reasons which can be grouped into three main categories:
Pollution by tapu, conservation and politics.
Death pollutes land, water and people through tapu.
A rāhui is a device for separating people from tapu things.
After an agreed lapse of time, the rāhui is lifted.
A rāhui is marked by a visible sign, such as the erection of a pou rāhui, a post.
It is initiated by someone of rank and placed and lifted with appropriate karakia by a tohunga.
Words from Māori dictionary.co.nz
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