(in Maori culture) a raid undertaken as a punishment for an offence against the community.
the year was a troubled one, with threats of muru
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The apology for the muru had to be delivered to the ancestors.
The protocols and practices involved in muru would be determined by various factors, including the degree of the offence and the intent of the offending party.
Muru was a means for seeking justice in traditional Maori society.
Infringements such as accidental wounding of oneself or others, and adultery, were common causes of the muru being set in operation.
A muru would redress an intentional offence and could also be instituted for unintentional affronts or offences.
Maori Culture practiced Muru and that carries through to this day.
It took revenge, if you like, muru, on the land that was held collectively.
Shame becomes irrelevant and toothless when it is separated from the consequences, so there is muru.
It has set out to take any concept of muru out of justice.
A Maori in such cases would consider himself to be slighted if he were not half-ruined by "muru."