The Maori

They are native people in New Zealand. There is Maori village in Rotorua city. It's called "Whakarewarewa."The population is three hundred thousand. They account for fourteen percent of the entire population of New Zealand and they are the most populous minority group in New Zealand. People respect them, so that first of national anthem is Maori language. The Maori are human race who come to New Zealand first.

There is interesting culture in Maori. People touch with nose and nose each other as greeting. This is called “HANGI.” They think soul inhabit nose.

The Maori dance the dance that is called “HAKA.” This dance expresses identity of New Zealand. Especially it charge thought of recovery of New Zealand. They dance using all body, hand, foot, voice, eyes, tongue. So this dance seems to threaten. Today rugby team in New Zealand (:All Blacks)dance HAKA before beginning game.

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According to the articles, this festival is an autumn festival in Germany. It lasts for sixteen days. More than six million people from all over the world visit festival every year. The citizens and tourists enjoy this festival. If you go to this festival, you can enjoy drinking beer with foreigners.

People drink beer and eat a lot, for example sausages, boiled chickn, ox's tail surprisingly. About five million liter of beer is drunk by many people every year. The citizens and the tourists enjoy this festival.

In a few weeks before the festival starts, large tents and amusement grounds are established at Theresienwiese which is nine times as large as Tokyo Dome. After the festival, these are removed. In this festival, twelve thousand people are employed. One thousand and six hundred of them are waiters and waitresses. There are one hundred thousand seats for visiters. In 2006, six breweries sold six million and two hundred thousand liters of beer.