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  • I hear the karanga: in New Zealand, women lead a song of welcome to the dead when the bodies of the fallen are brought home, preparing a sound gate through which the warriors pass into the marae, the communal sacred home that houses the umbilical cords of the tribe.

    News at Eleven: 'The singing will never be done:' Rus Bowden 2007

  • The groundnut or peanut, Arachis hypogea (Swahili: njugu karanga, Giriama: nzugu nyasa, nzugu karanga, Chonyi: dzugu, nyasa, Kambe: nzugu kalanga, Luo: dzugu, njugu) also has pods that develop underground.

    Chapter 7 1999

  • This species is commonly called pongam, karanga, or a derivation of these names.

    Chapter 31 1990

  • Beef karanga ($13.99) - pieces of meat sauteed with garlic, spices, onions and cilantro - was accompanied by sukuma wiki and ugali (cornmeal mash).

    Columnist: Stephen Miller 2010

  • Beef karanga ($13.99) - pieces of meat sauteed with garlic, spices, onions and cilantro - was accompanied by sukuma wiki and ugali (cornmeal mash).

    Columnist: Stephen Miller 2010

  • E te whare o nga iwi o te ao, karanga mai, karanga mai.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • A civilian air force worker was one of three women in the Defence Force Maori cultural group who gave a karanga before the service began.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By MARTIN KAY 2010

  • E te whare o nga iwi o te ao, karanga mai, karanga mai.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • E te whare o nga iwi o te ao, karanga mai, karanga mai.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By TRACY WATKINS 2010

  • Beef karanga ($13.99) - pieces of meat sauteed with garlic, spices, onions and cilantro - was accompanied by sukuma wiki and ugali (cornmeal mash).

    Columnist: Stephen Miller 2010

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