According to Maori creation beliefs, Rangi and Papa (Heaven and Earth) were the original ancestors who lived in darkness until their six sons separated them, bringing light. Traditional Maori culture included distinctive greetings like nose-rubbing instead of hugging, dancing and face painting for holidays, eating animals and vegetables, speaking their own unique language, and living in houses with grass roofs while wearing distinctive clothing without shoes.

1. Contemporary Traditional Maori Culture,part 2 The Maori Creation story:The Separation of Heaven and Earth By jiawen xu,1/19/12 per4 Culture and Geography

2. All humans are descended from one pair of ancestors,Rangi and Papa,who are also called Heaven and Earth

3. Many people feel greeting mode is hug.But the traditional maori greeting mode is wipe your nose

4. Some maori in hoilday they will be dance

5. some maori in hoilday they will dance and theu will draw some thing in face

6. The traditional maori they eat some animal and eat some vegetable.

7. The maori language is different to English,chinese......

8. Some maori live the house have some grass that is very besuitful.

9. The maori they clothers is different and they don't have shose.

10. In the begining these six sons and all other beings lived in darkness for an extremely long time,able only to wonder what light and vision might be like