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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
The Haka
If I didn't show you in class, go to youtube and enter "haka". The first few hits are usually pretty good. They are videos of the All Blacks performing the haka before a game.
There are in fact many different haka's. I learned a couple in high school. Each one tells a story; the story could be about anything, usually something about the people performing the haka. The haka that the All-Blacks perform is usually referred to as ka'mate ka'mate(KAH-mah-teh), but also has other names. You can find a video explaining it on Youtube. I lived in the dormitories in high school. Our 'dorm haka' was about Adam and Eve and the creation of the world. The whole haka takes about 10 minutes to perform.
There are in fact many different haka's. I learned a couple in high school. Each one tells a story; the story could be about anything, usually something about the people performing the haka. The haka that the All-Blacks perform is usually referred to as ka'mate ka'mate(KAH-mah-teh), but also has other names. You can find a video explaining it on Youtube.
ReplyDeleteI lived in the dormitories in high school. Our 'dorm haka' was about Adam and Eve and the creation of the world. The whole haka takes about 10 minutes to perform.