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Maori soldiers perform a powhiri ceremony for U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno at the Auckland Museum in Auckland, New Zealand, Sept. 9, 2013. Maoris are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand and a powhiri is their welcoming ceremony involving speeches, dancing and singing.

WELCOME CEREMONY

Maori soldiers perform a powhiri ceremony for U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno at the Auckland Museum in Auckland, New Zealand, Sept. 9, 2013. Maoris are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand and a powhiri is their welcoming ceremony involving speeches, dancing and singing.

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