New Zealand All Blacks haka
Aug. 27th, 2007 12:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So, before battles, Maori warriors would do a chant and ritual dance to pump themselves up and intimidate their opponents. This is called a "haka".
The New Zealand national rugby team thought this was a good idea.
But, see, other nations ALSO have war dances. Tongan warriors have their own, the sipi tau. And, of course, the way that you counter a war dance is to do your own:
The New Zealand national rugby team thought this was a good idea.
But, see, other nations ALSO have war dances. Tongan warriors have their own, the sipi tau. And, of course, the way that you counter a war dance is to do your own:
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Date: 2007-08-27 08:31 pm (UTC)The Trobriand Islanders. We had to watch that in one of my soc classes last winter, and it was fascinating.
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Date: 2007-08-27 04:49 pm (UTC)Just fabulous. I LOVE THIS!!!!
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Date: 2007-08-27 06:02 pm (UTC)However, faced with an entire rugby team doing it in unison, I think that the only rational response would be to shit oneself and then run away.
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Date: 2007-08-27 06:08 pm (UTC)There is a great episode of Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations" where he goes to NEw Zealand and is convinced that the kids performing are going to rip him limb from limb. It's brilliant :)
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Date: 2007-08-27 11:53 pm (UTC)Okay, so in this situation maybe you want a machine gun rather than a pistol, but still, same idea.
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Date: 2007-08-27 05:50 pm (UTC)So, who knows?
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Date: 2007-08-27 07:03 pm (UTC)But then, the sound of a dozen or more men shouting in unison has always been an amazingly inspirational sound for me.
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Date: 2007-08-27 07:43 pm (UTC)The one in the first video is the All Blacks' Haka, composed just for them, called Kapa o Pango.
The one in the second video is Ka Mate, written by Te Rauparaha, a chief of Ngati Toa, after he escaped from a group of men who were trying to kill him.
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Date: 2007-08-27 08:57 pm (UTC)That one with dueling war-dances was fun, though.
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Date: 2007-08-28 11:19 am (UTC)Second video: *mad squeee*, followed by gratitude for the fact that I work alone in my office.
Very, very cool. Traditional war dances should be a part of sports more often. Honestly, that's what competitive sports IS: carefully regulated war.