Hello everyone, we will introduce you New Zealand custom which contains Traditional Māori art festival etiquette.
Maori Carvings:The early Maori without words,they cut mark recorded history in the wood,thereby forming a unique Maori woodcarving.traditional Māori art was highly spiritual and in a pre-literate society conveyed information about spiritual matters, ancestry, and other culturally important topics.
Hongi：A hongi is a traditional Māori greeting in New Zealand. It is done by pressing one's nose and forehead (at the same time) to another person at an encounter.It is used at traditional meetings among Māori people and on major ceremonies and serves a similar purpose to a formal handshake in modern western culture, and indeed a hongi is often used in conjunction with one, can also be interpreted as the sharing of both party's souls.
Waitangi Day /waɪˈtʌŋi/the Treaty of Waitangi was signed commemorates a significant day in the history of New Zealand. It is a public holiday held each year on 6 February to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, Annual commemorations of the treaty signing began in 1947. The 1947 event was a Royal New Zealand Navy ceremony centring on a flagpole which the Navy had paid to erect in the grounds. The ceremony was brief and featured no Māori. From 1952, the Governor General attended, and from 1958 the Prime Minister also attended, although not every year.
Burning stone baked rice：New Zealand Maori often use geothermal to steambeef, mutton, potato and other food.They produced "Burning stone baked rice", pumpkin, sweet potatoes, pork, beef, chicken, fish , and then sprinkle with salt, pepper and other edible. They expressed their hospitality with this kind of food.
Hunting: New Zealand arefamous for their "green". Although the territory is mountainous and hills which occupy more than 75% of the total area, The four seasons is neither hot nor cold . Plant growth is lush, the forest coverage rate reached 29 percent, accounting for half of the natural farm or ranch land area. So it’s very suitable for hunting.and the folks all over the world go to New Zealand for hunting.
