MAORI SUPERSTITIONS.
RAT AN A AND HIS PIPE. WARDING OFF "EVIL INFLUENCES." (By"Telegraph— Own Correspondent.)' ** ' WANGANUI, this day. A well-known Maori, who has been in the Ratana movement practically Bince its inception, but has now resigned, states that even in Ratana there is a pertain amount of superstitious fear of evil spirits. The old Maori people cling to the'tiki as a means of warding off evil spirits. Ratana, in his teachings, idid his best to counteract this idea, and the large collection in the Ratana museum goes to show that hundreds of Maori* cast aside various articles that formerly they thought warded off evil influences. Now Ratana is very Tarely without his pipe in his hand. He holds it when he is addressing a gathering, and discards it only when he is preaching in the temple. On those occasions he has a Bible between him »nd the congregation, and it is believed hy some that both the Bible and the pipe are looked upon by the leader as an effective means of keeping off evil influences, ' K
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 33, 9 February 1928, Page 23
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