Culture+Maori

The Maori culture included art, legend, tattoo, (moko), performances (Especially kapa haka), customs, hospitality and community. There are many Maori people that are interested to keeping their language and their culture alive. The Maori people define themselves as tribe, sub-tribe, mountain and river. Whanau is the name for the closes family. The Maori people have respect of New Zealand leading. The Pottery appeared first in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga in around mid-second millennium. Pottery was popular but then it disappeared by the time that New Zealand was discovered. Then other crafts took over such as the stone fabricated adzes and fish hooks.

(a Maori tattoo)

There are some Maori people who are Christians, and they take elements from the Christian religion into the traditional Maori culture. The population in New Zealand has a god, which is called lo. They have many gods, spirits, and ancestors in New Zealand. The nature has a lot of power and sanctity, and that is crucial for human well-being. The gods include Rangi the sky god, Papa-tua-Kuku the earth mother (which gave birth to all creation) and the gods who look after creation.

The Maori tourism started over 130 years ago and there were guides that showed all the tourists around the Central Plateau region of Aotearoa New Zealand. The guides are also offered the tourists a unique experience that often provides insight into the indigenous people of, New Zealand.



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