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The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Culture 2 for the textbook Identity B1+ with authors Elizabeth Sharman from Oxford University Press

Question

Read the Listening strategy. Then listen again and answer the questions.

Answer

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

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