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__** Maori- New Zeland **__

The Maori's common language is Maori, they also speak English. They speak English because of the vast numbers or tourists coming into the area and how the world is changing. Maori is being taught in all school districts around the Maori Tribe area. The Maori language has differed from how it used to be, due to slang. To learn the classical Maori language, you can get a tutor. The language only consist of fifteen letter. There's eight consonants, h, k, m, n, p, r, t, and w. It has five vowels, a, e, i, o, and u. The Maori language has two digraphs, wh, and ng. The digraphs sometimes get included in the consonants. The Maori language is almost impossible to interpret and translate correctly into English.
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__**Beliefs:**__ The Maori's believe that they were created by a couple called Rangi(sky) and Papa(earth) who were left together constantly having sex until the god Tane was able to push them apart and provide the creation of human. The Maori believe that god Tane was responsible for the creation of the first woman and men. They believed in the Maori religion until tourists and immigrants came into the country. Now their religion is Christian. They're mostly Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Roman Catholics. All though the Maori's are Christian, they believe it is right to have premarital sex. It is considered normal. Another thing the Maoris believed was, when a pregnant or menstruation woman would go to the beach, go get food for the family, or go the Maori museum, it would make the Maori spirits angry. The Maori's also believed that at a wedding, a relative of the groom would challenge the father of the bride to a fight.

__**Values:**__ The Maori's valued the land. The land was very symbolic because the children would inherit it from their parents. Inheriting the land would hold kinship and memory. The Maori's lived in rural areas until the 1920s, where they then began living in urban areas. Ninety percent of the population live in urban areas. In a Maori household, they would value family. The household would consist of a nuclear family and sometimes other relatives. The Maori value fish. The fish is what brings in money. They import their fish to other countries and they use it to eat. They also value education. Education was for ages six to fifteen. If they wanted to continue to secondary education, they had to pass qualifying exams. They would then finish secondary school around the ages of seventeen to eighteen. The Maori's would also value clothing because it shows what type of event it is. On a regular day, they would wear modern Western-style clothing. For special occasions, they would wear their traditional clothing. Maoris of high status, would wear decorated cloaks. Females would value losing their virginity. When they lost it, it would be known by the public through a tattoo to show their ritual and their beginning of adulthood. For males and females, they valued tattooing and piercing because it was highly symbolic. They would also create permanent grooves in their faces with a chisel-like instrument to create effect.

__**Behaviors:**__ When welcoming, the Maori's have a dance and chant for the visitors. This dance and chant symbolizes the strength of Maori's and shows that they are ready to attack. There's also another welcoming dance. This dance has a member of the tribe give a peace token to the visitor. The visitor has to accept the peace token in an acceptable manner in order to receive peace from the tribe. When you meet a new family, the tradition is, you have to press noses with everyone in the family. The Maori also have feasts to bring families together. A man of status would provide food and gifts for those who attend. In the end, the family of the man of status will not be left with much. Even though they will not be left with much, their public status would have gained.

Technology makes things easier for everyone. It had made things easier for the Maori. The Maori have used technology to communicate in an easier way. They used it to communicate with others about their fish so they can sell. They also use it to communicate to the people in the area to show important messages. They have their own TV station that specializes in sending out news to people. They claim that it's easier for them to understand what's going on in the world. Travel has influenced the Maori in many ways. It has made them speak English because of all the people coming in. Travel has also effected their religion. The Maori's religion used to be the Maori, but every since immigrants came into the country, it has changed how much the Maori religion was believed in. Maori is a place where tourists visit. The Maori lost part of their language because the tourist would come in and had to be able to understand them. Commercialization changed many places in the world. It has effected the Maori. The Maori value their fishing because of the amount of money it brings it. The Maori started selling their fish to other countries and import it. The industry of the fishing, has also effected the language. The language of the fishermen have changed because they had to be able to speak English in order to sell it to other countries.
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Cederquist, Angela. "Meeting the Maori." Skipping Stones Mar.-Apr. 1998: 28. Student Resource Center - Gold. Web. 26 Jan. 2011. - //This article gave information on how the lady's visit went and how she learned what they do. She learned what they do when they welcome you.// Theprofessionalhobo. "The Maori Culture in New Zeland." //The Professional Hobo//. The Professional Hobo. 29 Apr. 2010. Web. 26 Jan. 2011. - //This blog gave information on what the Maori do when a person visits. It explains the different dances they do.// Sisson, Jeffrey. "Maori tribalism and post-settler nationhood in New Zealand." Oceania 75.1 (2004): 19+. Student Resource Center - Gold. Web. 26 Jan. 2011 //- This gave the information on the fishing in Maori. It also shared information about the families and how they valued the land.// "How a pregnant woman can make museum's Maori spirits angy." Times [London, England] 13 Oct. 2010: 30. Info Trac Newsstand. Web. 26 Jan. 2011 //- This site helped me get the information about the Maori spirits. It showed why the Maori believed in it.// "The Maori Language." The Encyclopedia of New Zeland 1966. Web. 26 Jan. 2011. - //This website gave me all the information the Maori 's Language. It was very useful and gave a lot of information on one site.// "Maori." //Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life//. Ed. Timothy L. Gall and Jeneen Hobby. 2nd ed. Vol. 4: Asia & Oceania. Detroit: Gale, 2009. 619-622. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Web. 27 Jan. 2011. - //This gave the information on their values, beliefs, and behaviors. It gave a lot of information on what they Maori believe in. It also gave information about the piercing and tattooing.//
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