New Zealand All Blacks haka

[xiphias]

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:

Comments

[nex0s.livejournal.com]

I thought that was completely wonderful!!! Thank you so much for sharing it :) I have a friend who is Maori, and she performed Haka for me and it is very alarming in person @.@

Just fabulous. I LOVE THIS!!!!

N.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

I can image that one person doing haka would be alarming.

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.

[nex0s.livejournal.com]

I agree!!!

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 :)

N.

[navrins]

I dunno, I think of Indiana Jones's reaction to the mad swordsman in Cairo...

Okay, so in this situation maybe you want a machine gun rather than a pistol, but still, same idea.