Sacred Texts -- Pacific Islander Religions

Te Pito Te Henua, or Easter Island: Salutation

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The form. of salutation is "Kohomai," literally interpreted, "Come to me." This is always heartily expressed, and parties meeting often shout out the kohomai while some distance apart. The greeting is varied by the addition of a word of respect when addressed to a superior in rank, or a stranger, and by a term of endearment, when to a child or to a relation.

Te Pito Te Henua, or Easter Island: Salutation

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