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In case you've never seen a Haka, or don't know what it is.
Bubba Jr.
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Here's a link to youtube with the All Blacks vs Brazil rugby teams. I actually got goosebumps while I just watched it.
Joe
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Goosebumps?
Try this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI6TRTBZUMM
...............Goosebumps? Really?
Didn't know what one was. I still don't.
I have seen them on various shows ( not the team the tribes ) doing there war face and scare tactics but I also seen where they also use as a greeting of some sort ?
JMHO not sure who there enemy was but if making faces sticking out your tongue and jumping around , well they must have not been so tough to scare . but if it worked for them as it must have for generations as they still practice the tradition good for them a lot better than just killing each other
Agreed
A little haka history:
The first hakas were created and performed by different Māori tribes as a war dance. It is an ancestral war cry. It was performed on the battlefields for two reasons. Firstly, it was done to scare their opponents; the warriors would use aggressive * expressions such as bulging eyes and poking of their tongues. They would grunt and cry in an intimidating way, while beating and waving their weapons. The second reason they did this was for their own morale; they believed that they were calling upon the god of war to help them win the battle. They were heavily choreographed and performed in time. It gave them courage and strength. This type of haka is called a peruperu haka.
When I played the Samoans and New Zealanders had a team, they were HUGE and luckily this was before the haka was performed before matches. It's intimidating to feel their stomping feet clear across the pitch. Their motto was "If we can't beat you on the field, we'll beat you in the parking lot" so we'd run them until they puked, then we'd win and get in our cars and leave quickly before they could recover. Good fun.
The one I posted was a tribute to a fallen comrade of the New Zealand Defence Force.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI6TRTBZUMM.
I've seen that one several times. And yes it also gave me goosebumps. There is something about the power of the gestures and the expressions and movements, that demand respect.
Joe
This is the Haka I understand