1. (noun) ceremony for uplifting bones - includes the actual disinterment, the scraping of the bones and ritual practices before moving them to a final resting place.
Nō te taenga mai ki konei kātahi ka karangatia te hui, arā te hākari, te pure mō taua hahunga mai (TWMNT 19/6/1872:85). / On arriving here the meeting was called, that is the feast and the ceremony for the uplifting of the bones.
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