North Cache News | 1943-11-05 | Page 3 | Maoris Wedding is One of Fuss and Feathers |

Type	issue
Date	1943-11-05
Paper	North Cache News
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Maoris Wedding is One of Fuss and Feathers
Type	wedding
Date	1943-11-05
Paper	North Cache News
Page	3
OCR Text	Show Maoris Wedding Is One Of Fuss and Featlier3 Weddings among the Maori natives na-tives of New Zealand are a lot of . fuss and feathers, principally feathers. The bride and bridegroom bride-groom look like huge birds with human heads when they are decked out to "plight their troth' The man's garb is made of kiwi, pigeon and parrot feathers; the girl's entirely of kiwi feathers. Just in case anyone objects to the union, the bridegroom totes as a weapon a pole of hard wood, decorated dec-orated with a carved head and wild dogs' hair.
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