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Karanga may refer to:
- Karanga (district), Mangaia, Cook Islands
- Karanga (Māori culture), an element of Māori cultural protocol, the calling of visitors onto a marae.
- Ikalanga language
- " Te Karanga", a song by Rhian Sheehan
- a dialect of the Shona people spoken mainly in Masvingo and Midlands provinces of Zimbabwe
- Karanga Chhota (village), a village in India.
- Karanga: meaning "fry" or "fried" in the Swahili language.
A karanga (call out, summon) is an element of cultural protocol of the New Zealand Māori people. It is an exchange of calls that forms part of the powhiri, a Māori welcoming ceremony. It takes place as a visiting group moves onto the marae or into the formal meeting area. Karanga are carried out almost exclusively by women and in Māori language, and are initiated by the tangata whenua or hosts, and responded to by the visitors.
The karanga follow a particular format in keeping with protocol. This includes exchanging greetings, paying tribute to the dead (especially those who have most recently died), and referring to the reason that has brought the two groups together. It has an important function in building connections between the tangata whenua and manuhiri, and setting the agenda for the gathering.
Karanga is the smallest of the six traditional districts of the island of Mangaia in the Cook Islands. It is located in the northeast of the island, to the east of the District of Tava'enga and northwest of the District of Ivirua.
Category:Districts of the Cook Islands Category:Mangaia
Usage examples of "karanga".
In a bygone age that the verbal history of the Rozwi and the Karanga tribes could no longer recount, generations before bold Mzilikazi led his tribe into these hills, another plundering marauder had passed this way.
A woman from among the visitors sang an equally familiar reply, the karanga whakautu: We are the servants of the spirit, come from far islands to hear the words of the singer.