• DIFFERENZE CULTURALI: ABORIGENI vs MĀORI •

I bet you have already heard of aborigen by Māori, But what perhaps does not know are the cultural differences between the two peoples.
Although they are the native inhabitants of two wonderful relatively close places, l’Australia and New Zealand, Aborigines and Māori have a very different history and culture of each other, In addition to having almost opposite physical characteristics.

Let's find out together what are the curious differences that make the two populations unique in their kind.

The differences between the two peoples

Let's start from the bases: The aborigen sono gli abitanti originari dell’Australia, while i Māori those of the New Zeland.

The Aboriginal culture Australian is one of the oldest in the world, while that Maori one of the most recent.
It is believed, Indeed, that the Māori arrived in New Zealand only around the 1300 d.C. from Polynesia.
Aboriginals, Instead, they have much older roots. It is estimated that they came to Australia about 60.000 years ago by the Indian subcontinent.

The different origin also determined different physical characteristics.
The aborigen, Indeed, on average they have one Cororatura a lot more slender Compared to that of the Māori.

Today i Māori they make up about the 17% of the New Zealand population, while the aborigen represent only the 3% of the Australian population.
The reasons are varied, But the main one is that the Aborigines were victims of a real genocide, while the Māori gave a nice thread to be twisted to the European invaders.

Cultural differences: art

Art is undoubtedly the maximum expression of a people's culture. Let's see together what are the differences that differentiate aboriginal art from that māori.

L’Aboriginal art mainly tells the storie del “Dreamtime” (lett. “tempo dei sogni”), that is, the period in which the Aborigines believe that the world has been created.
The aim is pass on the generation stories in generation. Tant’è che l’figurative aspect, which materializes in the famous technique dot painting, has replaced writing for millennia.
L’ARTE Māori, Instead, it is more, If we want, “practice“. Although there is still a balance between spiritual and physical aspect, Art is integral part of everyday life, so much so that the language māori, Indeed, does not even understand its definition.

L’Aboriginal art It is presented below different forms depending on the territory Australian in which he developed, this precisely because of the nomadic nature typical of the Aborigines.
L’ARTE Māori, Instead, it is rather unified in stylistic and representative terms.

However, The two types of art have Something in common, linked to the consequences of the European invasion.
Starting from the 70s last century, both aborigens and Māori have found in art the perfect vehicle through which pass on and express their cultures. It's incredible how they are succeeding, through art, a reappropriate an identity who was denied them so, Too much time.

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