Tangata manu ceremony
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The Tangata manu ceremony was an annual Easter Island ritual competition in which warriors vied to retrieve the first sooty tern egg from offshore islets, conferring sacred status and political power on the winner.
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| Tangata manu ceremony canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14502681 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tangata manu ceremony Context triple: [Motu Kao Kao, associatedWith, Tangata manu ceremony]
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Pukumani ceremony
The Pukumani ceremony is a traditional Tiwi mortuary ritual from Australia’s Tiwi Islands, renowned for its elaborate grave posts, song, dance, and art that honor the dead and maintain spiritual balance.
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Tiwah ceremony
The Tiwah ceremony is a traditional secondary funeral ritual of the Ngaju Dayak people of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, in which the bones of the deceased are exhumed, purified, and placed in a special ossuary to help their soul reach the afterlife.
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Manoao
Manoao is a genus of coniferous trees native to New Zealand, known for its single species Manoao colensoi, a slow-growing, long-lived tree found in montane and subalpine forests.
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Marapu ceremonies
Marapu ceremonies are traditional ancestral and spiritual rituals of the indigenous Marapu belief system in Sumba, Indonesia, involving offerings, sacred chants, and communal gatherings to honor deities and ancestors.
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Whaka a Te Wera
Whaka a Te Wera is the Māori name for Paterson Inlet, a large sheltered coastal inlet on the eastern side of Rakiura / Stewart Island in New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tangata manu ceremony Target entity description: The Tangata manu ceremony was an annual Easter Island ritual competition in which warriors vied to retrieve the first sooty tern egg from offshore islets, conferring sacred status and political power on the winner.
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A.
Pukumani ceremony
The Pukumani ceremony is a traditional Tiwi mortuary ritual from Australia’s Tiwi Islands, renowned for its elaborate grave posts, song, dance, and art that honor the dead and maintain spiritual balance.
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B.
Tiwah ceremony
The Tiwah ceremony is a traditional secondary funeral ritual of the Ngaju Dayak people of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, in which the bones of the deceased are exhumed, purified, and placed in a special ossuary to help their soul reach the afterlife.
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C.
Manoao
Manoao is a genus of coniferous trees native to New Zealand, known for its single species Manoao colensoi, a slow-growing, long-lived tree found in montane and subalpine forests.
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D.
Marapu ceremonies
Marapu ceremonies are traditional ancestral and spiritual rituals of the indigenous Marapu belief system in Sumba, Indonesia, involving offerings, sacred chants, and communal gatherings to honor deities and ancestors.
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E.
Whaka a Te Wera
Whaka a Te Wera is the Māori name for Paterson Inlet, a large sheltered coastal inlet on the eastern side of Rakiura / Stewart Island in New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
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