Culture 2
Exercise
5
Read the Listening strategy. Then listen again and answer the questions.
Solution
- The two Maori traditions famous all over the world are tattoos (ta moko) and the haka.
- The Maori left Polynesia around 700 years ago.
- James Cook arrived in New Zealand in 1769.
- Approximately 50% of the Maori population died after the arrival of the Europeans.
- 'Ta moko' refers to the traditional Maori tattooing.
- The guide does not think that non-Maoris should get tattoos of Maori designs, as it would be offensive to the culture.