ABSTRACT
Like the Work of the Monsoon, that of the Trade-Wind has as its climax dancing of a religious order, but the time occupied is much less. The focus of interest in the Work of the Trade-Wind is undoubtedly the extraction of turmeric, and the later rites are regarded as being really an appendage to this. The name of these succeeding rites, the Ururenga, literally ‘Turmeric Head’, bears this out. They are divided into two sets: the Ururenga of Marae, which is the counterpart of the Taomatangi of the monsoon season; and the Ururenga Nga Vaka, which represents the canoe rites of the monsoon season. Both are curtailed considerably from their counterparts, and no really new features are introduced, so that a very brief description of mem will suffice.
