The Maoris

TO WHAT EXTENT DO THE MAORIS STRIVE TO KEEP THEIR CULTURE NOWADAYS ?

• The more tattos they had, the higher they rank

• Everywhere on the body and on the face

• Women were not allowed to have full face tattoos

THEIR TRADITIONAL TATTOOS : TA MOKO

Ta Moko was the start of my head that I do, translations using patterns and ................ that's relevant to their whakapapo, to their story. I just feel like having electricity involved in the process, just connects us closer to our hitory you know, how we used to do back in the days and I like that about it. It feels like a completely ............................... This is kind of .............. for something quite ............. I believe.* What is highlighting the importance of this event ?

Complete the following sentences and think about the question asked

WEAVING

DANCE GROUPS

traditional outfits

SONGS

Their cultural hobbies :

the maori creation myth

Match the pairs

F - The rivers and oceans

B - The red of the sunset

D - Carried four poles with him

6. Tane, the god of the forest ...

2 - They gave birth to ...

3 - Rangi's tears became ..

C - The mother and the father

E - Over 100 children

A - The first two stars

4 - Tawhiri's eyes became...

5 - The blood became the ...

1 - Papa and Rangi are ...

child-bearing abilities = capacité de procréer

The haka

Tahunga = priestgardens of kumara = sweet potatoes

whakapakoko atua (god stick)

watercolour by Horatio Robley, painted around 1863

Tapu = taboo

taonga mea (eagle feathers)

tūturu ( tiki idols )

ponamu ( stone heads )

The TONGA ( treasures )

amokura (red-tailed tropic bird)

the kōtuku (white heron)

the huia, the sacred bird

Captain James Cook in 1769

They were usually "spoils of war, condemned to lives of drudgery, danger, heavy physical work and obedience to their masters or mistresses”

= Maoris were living in miserable conditions and were heavily discriminated against.

Colonization

"Oppression of the people, the denigration of their culture and the redistribution of the wealth that underlies the crown to the people from whom it was stolen.”

1840 : the Treaty of Waitangi was signed between the British Crown and the Maori chiefs= outlawed the taking of slaves + made all Māori British citizens