A Maori performance entertains guests at Treetops Lodge near Rotorua New Zealand

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Performing the Haka war dance, Maori warriors traditionally made menacing gestures and fearsome faces in the belief that this would strike fear in the enemy and effect a retreat These modern-day performers appear at Te Puia New Zealand's foremost Maori cultural center in Taupo NZ

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Size: 5131px × 3421px
Location: New Zealand
Photo credit: © Jan Butchofsky / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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