Whale Rider #4
In my humanites class I recently watched a movie called Whale Rider . It was a story of the Maori people in New Zealand and the anceint traditions and customs that they still practice today. In their small tribe they were ready for new leader and when the child selected to become the next chief dies after birth his twin sister, Pai survived. Though only males are allowed to become chiefs. Throughout the movie Pai tries to break the customs while trying to win over her very traditional grandfather. Throughout the movie we see Koro, Pai's grandfather very determined to find the next chief. He opens up the Marae, a traditonal meeting place where they teach the children about their culture. He does this to try and find the next chief. Pai wants to partake in this but Koro makes it very clear that only males are allowed to learn about being a chief and combat.He puts them through different tests but he is still not convinced there is a leader in this bunch. As he is...