The haka is a Maori war dance or a challenge, which is performed by males. The word haka actually means dance and in the past, women used to take part too.
These days, many of our sports teams do the haka. The All Blacks, our rugby team, do the haka before each game against another country. It’s a challenge to their opposition. Our Sevens rugby team perform the haka if they win a tournament. You might have seen them during do their haka after their recent win at the Hong Kong tournament. They take off their shirts and…
*waving face*
More about the Sevens later. Our defence forces sometimes do a haka at a funeral for fallen comrades or during other ceremonial times, such as when they ship out of a country–a kind of a farewell.
Below is a series of videos featuring the haka.
And it’s back to my favorite haka – the one the New Zealand Sevens Rugby team does every time they win a tournament. This is the haka they performed recently, in the rain at Hong Kong.
Have you heard of the haka before?
Interesting and informative.
Beth
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Interesting and informative.
Thanks, Beth
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Thanks for stopping by, Beth.
Well. I gotta say. The Haka in the rain might just be my favorite one too. Dang. *fans self* that’s a lot of nekkid wet man chest.
I always sit riveted when they do a victory haka. :)
I haven’t heard of this before but you can bet I’ll be looking for more half naked men videos now. Erm, I mean haka dancing videos..lol
LOL Mary. Happy hunting.
That is f*cking fierce! Awesome.