KOHĀ Ceremony with Neke Moa, Sofia Tekela-Smith and Stevei Houkāmau

Kohā is a vital concept in the Māori world. It references the act of offering a gift or contribution as an expression of gratitude. Kohā acknowledges the reciprocity & connection between cultural adornment, their makers & wearers. Adornment practitioners Stevei Houkāmau, Neke Moa & Sofia Tekela-Smith lead us into a series of activations & will respond to the Māori and Pacific ancestral jewellery & other treasures looked after in the Museum Fünf Kontinente, before inviting those in attendance to engage in the process of kohā by exchanging & deepening an understanding of adornment practice through their own offerings of words, songs or small treasures.