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Maori and Chinese cultures.
Introduction
The Mauri cultures give a narration t how the scary long night with total darkness eventually came to light. That, the world came to exist from nothing, that something was created out of the void. In this voidness, the world was created comprising the sky: the father called Maori Ranginui and earth as the mother called Papatuanuku. They believe that the sky mother, Papatuanuku and sky father, Ranginui married and produced the gods. Everything else came into existence afterwards (“Māori Mythology”)The sky was obligated to shine over the earth to make the nature beautiful and fruitful. The Chinese tell a story existence and believe in mythical creatures and figures. The Jade Emperor was mandated to govern heaven, hell and the world of the living. Pangu was believed to be the supernatural being and the creator of heaven and earth. The Daode Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzum, Yuanshi Tianzum are a trinity considered pure and are the highest gods of the Tao and are supernatural beings.
Similarities
The two cultures believed in gods. Mauri believes in the existence of gods, for example, the atua gods. They believe in a supernatural being god called Tumatuenga, who created human beings. Similarly, the Chinese culture believed in gods’ existence given different responsibilities for creating human beings and governing them. Both cultures value the aspect of relationships. Whanaungatanga in Mauri emphasizes on family connections wand similarly in Chinese culture, guanxi explain that good relations relationship based on trust promote peace (“Myths And Folklore | Exploring China”)
Differences
Mauri cultural practices have been eroded by modernism as they no longer believe in supernatural beings as the world’s creators. However, Chinese culture still believes in gods, and they still worship these gods according to their various functions and respect accorded to these gods.
Communication preference
The identified differences between the two cultures explain the effect and vulnerability of cultures to modernism. Mauri culture change is communicated through the change in believes and cultural practices. The Chinese culture is still intact and maintains its original aspect hence providing a raw story to its people hence the aspect of preserving culture from one generation to another. The differences between the two cultures show the diverse nature of the created world and their attached meaning to their beliefs.
Relationship between the cultures
The Chinese cultures use myths, with gods who have been given different responsibilities to create and lead human beings. The story of the creation has a hypothetical standing where most beliefs cannot be proven. The Maura culture has different dimensions; for example, Ta Moko was a cultural aspect where tattoos were drawn with different designs. Tattoos were drawn on the lips and chin for women and the face and thighs for men, representing their heritage.
Comparison of storytelling
The Mauri culture story tells of a story on the creation of the world. Human beings and all the composition and belief of gods and cultural practices like dancing are well incorporated to bring out the culture’s complexity and compactness. This culture relates to the Chinese culture in that the Chinese culture also tells of a story of God who created the world and human being. The two stories correlate using mythical aspect and creation, respectively.
Conclusion
The Maori people believed in rituals, spells, and religion, which they adopted from the Polynesian society and gave it fundamental importance and tell stories associated with the truth on how humans behave even to date. The Chinese culture has fundamental respect and accordance with the gods who created them and lead them; therefore, they are appeased for humanity.
“Myths And Folklore | Exploring China.” Sites.psu.edu. N.p., 2021. Web. 25 Jan. 2021.
“Māori Mythology.” En.wikipedia.org. N.p., 2021. Web. 25 Jan. 2021.