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the maori people are native New Zealanders of the Polynesian race (Tregear 1).... the maori people are native New Zealanders of the Polynesian race (Tregear 1).... As in North America missionaries, in spite of their good intentions to Christianize the maori people caused a great deal of harm to their culture.... Religious Practices Without the benefit of modern scientific knowledge of nature, the maori invented a plethora of gods to explain and hopefully control their universe....
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Even though types of modifications vary wildly by geography and culture, in most cases, historically, there has been a symbolic reason beyond aesthetic preference.... Biker culture, punk culture, criminal organizations, and prison culture eventually adopted the practice (Wohlrab et all, 87–88).... Aztec culture used body modification for the purpose of distinguishing class, societal role, and gender....
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The Maori citizenry of new zealand that are renowned for their tattooing employed their wood carving methods in tattooing.... In the 1700s, after the arrival of the Europeans, the maori started utilizing metal brought by the settlers for a more formal way of puncture tattooing (Sills 167).... The art of tattooing was once viewed as detestable and dreadful in the west but has however in the recent years enjoyed a large amount of popularity in our own culture....
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The result affirms a positive role of body art in popular culture, although at this point, some forms of body art is still considered a sub-culture or still unacceptable to the general populace.... The objective of this research is to present how the young people of Britain perceived and interpret their practise of body art, specifically tattooing or body painting and body piercing....
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the maori people are native New Zealanders of the Polynesian race (Tregear 1).... Those more remote maintain their As in North America missionaries, in spite of their good intentions to Christianize the maori people caused a great deal of harm to their culture.... ithout the benefit of modern scientific knowledge of nature, the maori invented a plethora of gods to explain and hopefully control their universe.... In the maori world, religion assumed the role of science and permeated all aspects of traditional Maori life....
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Although it had started dying by the coming of the church and Christianity, it has been resurrected by those proud of the culture and the women are trying to uphold it by educating their children and grandchildren about the Moko and the beliefs of the maori (Ellis 175).... This is because the two were the basis of the maori traditions; hence they cannot be ignored (Ellis 179).... he Maori people, a minority group from new zealand, use tribal tattoos not only as a form of identity, but also as a show of one's social status in the society....
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This paper, Body Art & Its Art, highlights that The history of body art can be traced back to ancient civilizations.... It was used as a sign or symbol of beauty, good luck, prowess, and ethnic identity.... The practice of artistic representations of images has trickled down to the modern days.... ....
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In the paper 'Maoris and Aborigines of new zealand' the author analyzes the indigenous inhabitants of new zealand.... Maori population forms 14 percent of new zealand's population.... This dance form has got assimilated by including it in new zealand's Rugby Team the All Black, enacted before the start of each game (formula Oceania, 2010).... Not recognizing a man by his these dress features could be quite insulting to take 'utu' – revenge (new zealand in History, 2010)....
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