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Definition of pukana in English: pukananounˈpuːkənə NZ A wild facial expression made by someone performing a haka. he was doing a pukana at the camera Example sentencesExamples - The first competition involves visitors giving their best pukana (haka face).
- Three young Maori warriors sprung forth from inside the stadium, prancing, flashing their pukana (wild-eyed grimaces) and swinging their taiaha (long wooden clubs).
- The faces contort into a myriad of expressions, pukana, tongues out, eyes screwed up, with hoots of laughter and playful shoving.
- You find the whatero and pukana posturing highly amusing?
- It even teaches the haka-ending facial "pukana" in which the eyes bulge and men stick out their tongues.
- Like the Maori warrior whose spirit bursts forth in pukana, this is the body as a nexus between that outside the individual and that within.
- I can do a good pukana.
- The best pukana photo will win an evening at Te Po - the Indigenous Evening Experience at Te Puia.
- In mostly unsympathetic roles, the cast are excellent, and the fantastic dancers are vital: a rugby scrum becomes a bull; flamenco flourishes are matched with pukana eyes.
- Add yourself to Wellington's story by showing us your best pukana and getting your photo taken at Mojo.
Origin Early 20th century: Maori. |