Contemporary Traditional Maori Culture, part 1

By Anna Ching, January 11 2012

Culture and Geography 

 

The Maori are an indigenous culture of New Zealand.

 

New Zealand is a large island in the South Pacific Ocean off the south east coast of Australia.

 

Some contemporary Maori are traditiobnal, some live non-traditional,modern lives.

 

One tradition of the Maori culture is the Haka war dance.

 

Another tradition or the Maori is Ta moko: tattooing or painting the face and body with dark arching patterns.

 

Traditonal Maori culture is truly traditional.

 

Sadly,like other conquered indigenous peoples.many Maori struggle with poverty,alchoholism and drug abuse.