The Maoris

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

THEIR TRADITIONAL TATTOOS : TA MOKO

• 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

Complete the following sentences and think about the question asked

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 ?

Their cultural hobbies :

SONGS

traditional outfits

DANCE GROUPS

WEAVING

the maori creation myth

Match the pairs

A - The first two stars

1 - Papa and Rangi are ...

B - The red of the sunset

2 - They gave birth to ...

3 - Rangi's tears became ..

C - The mother and the father

D - Carried four poles with him

4 - Tawhiri's eyes became...

E - Over 100 children

5 - The blood became the ...

F - The rivers and oceans

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

The haka

child-bearing abilities = capacité de procréer

Tapu = taboo

whakapakoko atua (god stick)

Tahunga = priest gardens of kumara = sweet potatoes

watercolour by Horatio Robley, painted around 1863

The TONGA ( treasures )

taonga mea (eagle feathers)

ponamu ( stone heads )

tūturu ( tiki idols )

the huia, the sacred bird

the kōtuku (white heron)

amokura (red-tailed tropic bird)

Colonization

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.

Captain James Cook in 1769

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

"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.”