I'm not very much into rugby but there's one thing that always impresses me. The Haka Dance performed by the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team. A Haka is a traditional dance form of the Maori of New Zealand. It is a posture dance with shouted accompaniment, performed by a group.
Haka are performed for various reasons: for amusement, as a hearty welcome to distinguished guests, or to acknowledge great achievements or occasions.
Various actions are employed in the course of a performance, including facial contortions such as showing the whites of the eyes and the poking out of the tongue, and a wide variety of vigorous body actions such as slapping the hands against the body and stamping of the feet. As well as chanted words, a variety of cries and grunts are used.
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5 comment(s):
The haka is awesome. I'm just sad that other teams are starting to have a lack of respect for it. It's part of our cultural heritage!
I'm conflicted on this. I don't approve of non-Maori's doing this. Next thing you know, white people will be tattooing their faces.
Did you think of this after watching Cash Cab? They had this question on last night!!
Today PORTUGAL is going to play with them!
GOOD LUCK
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I'm conflicted on this. I don't approve of non-Maori's doing this. Next thing you know, white people will be tattooing their faces.
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Next thing you know, you will be branded a racist.
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