The Māori (/ ˈ m aʊ r i /, Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ()) are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand ().Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. Over several centuries in isolation, these settlers developed their own distinctive culture, whose language, mythology, …

The weapon dance employs weapons—or stylized versions of weapons—traditionally used in combat in order to simulate, recall, or reenact combat or the moves of combat in the form of dance, usually for some ceremonial purpose. Such dancing is quite common to folk ritual on many parts of the world. Weapon dancing is certainly ancient; among the earliest historical …

Nuku Hiva (sometimes spelled Nukahiva or Nukuhiva) is the largest of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas country of France in the Pacific Ocean.It was formerly also known as Île Marchand and Madison Island.. Herman Melville wrote his book Typee based on his experiences in the Taipivai valley in the eastern part of Nuku Hiva. Robert Louis Stevenson's …

Poblamiento. La hipótesis generalmente aceptada en la actualidad es que la Polinesia fue poblada desde el sudeste asiático.. Hace 5000 años, los habitantes de la costa del sur de la actual China, hablantes de lenguas formosanas, cultivadores de mijo y arroz, empezaron a cruzar el Estrecho para instalarse en la isla de Taiwán.Alrededor del segundo milenio a. C. se …

Geologically one of the youngest inhabited territories on Earth, Easter Island, located in the mid-Pacific Ocean, was, for most of its history, one of the most isolated.Its inhabitants, the Rapa Nui, have endured famines, epidemics of disease and cannibalism,: 91 civil war, environmental collapse, slave raids, various colonial contacts, and have seen their population crash on more …

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Tahiti is the highest and largest island in French Polynesia lying close to Moʻorea island. It is located 4,400 kilometres (2,376 nautical miles) south of Hawaiʻi, 7,900 km (4,266 nmi) from Chile, 5,700 km (3,078 nmi) from Australia.. The island is 45 km (28 mi) across at its widest point and covers an area of 1,045 km 2 (403 sq mi). The highest peak is Mont Orohena (Mouʻa …

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The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami took place on 29 September 2009 in the southern Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone.The submarine earthquake occurred in an extensional environment and had a moment magnitude of 8.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong).It was the largest earthquake of 2009. The earthquake initiated …

Methodology. The life expectancy is shown separately for males and for females, as well as a combined figure. Several non-sovereign entities and territories are also included in this list.The figures reflect the quality of healthcare in the countries listed as well as other factors including ongoing wars, obesity, and HIV infections.. From the beginning of the current century there is a ...

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