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What Is Arraia Maori
The Maori are the indigenous people from New Zealand, which is located in Oceania. This country was one of the last places to be colonized in the world.
Because of this, its culture is almost completely free of outside influences, maintaining strong and captivating traditions.
Maori Culture
A culture is made of symbologies, habits and customs. And it is this process that identifies and distinguishes a people by making them unique. Therefore, the Maori as a nation are no different.
Arraia Maori:
wisdom, protection and danger
His beliefs and habits are surrounded by respect for nature and all beings that inhabit it: trees, flowers, animals. And in their spirituality, each one is considered sacred and thus are revered.
One of the ways to pay homage are tattoos, or in the native language, moko. Considered an art among them, they are used to differentiate the social position of the inhabitant and also represent their culture.
The more noble and powerful the native, the more tattoos he has on his face and body.
Among these tattoos is the representation of Arraia Maori.
Arraia Maori And Its Symbology
Stingrays are light and beautiful marine fish, which are part of the whale family.
They are not aggressive beings, but when tested or feeling threatened they react instinctively by applying a thorn sting to their oppressor.
The Maoris consider it the representation of wisdom, protection and danger.
Their lightness in moving indicates that wisdom is subtle, but when provoked, figuratively by the sting, it can be complex and dangerous.
And at the same time that it represents that danger, it indicates the protection reacting against that threat.
For these reasons, this icon is not only used in Maoris customs, but is widely spread around the world.