The Maori

To be indigenous is to be one of the people who originally inhabited a land

To colonise is to take control of an area and send people to live there

A custom is something that people have done the same way for a long time

To develop is to make something grow or make it more advanced

To be oral is to be spoken (rather than written)

A creation myth is a story about the making of the world

A technique is a way of doing something by using special skills and knowledge

Carving is the skill of creating carved objects, designs and figures

To adorn is to make something more attractibe by adding something beautiful to it

To be intricate is to be complicated, e.g. a detailed pattern

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