GAK67 Report This Comment Date: August 28, 2012 01:07AM
You guys may have seen a haka performed by a NZ sports team - maybe the All
Blacks, but the haka is a part of the wider culture here.
This video
shows 2 NZ Army battalions doing a haka for 3 fellow soldiers that were recently
killed in Afghanistan. It's just something I thought I'd share with you
guys.
The photo above is taken from the NZ Army website and is not of the haka
performed in the video, but is from a similar haka for another soldier also
killed in the line of duty.
woberto Report This Comment Date: August 28, 2012 02:33AM
GAK67 Report This Comment Date: August 28, 2012 04:25AM
berto - way to take a communal heartfelt display of grief, respect and honour
and cheapening it.
pro_junior Report This Comment Date: August 28, 2012 04:39AM
berto - way to take a communal heartfelt display of grief, respect and honour
and cheapening it.
pulse Report This Comment Date: August 28, 2012 08:28AM
I think using it for sporting events cheapens it
woberto Report This Comment Date: August 28, 2012 10:48AM
I would never disrespect a national anthem.
But thanks to the All Blacks, Haka can take a long walk off a short pier.
Even though this one performed by the army is completely different.
GAK67 Report This Comment Date: August 28, 2012 08:31PM
I kind of agree with you pulse. Don't get me wrong, I love the All Black haka,
but I'm sentient enough to realise that is because I was brought up with it. It
does however seem to be done for the spectacle of it now rather than for any
cultural reason, and that cheapens it.
However, the NZ Rugby 7's team, for example, only performs the haka if they win
a tournament. NZ Olympic gold medal winners will get a haka from their team
mates when they return to the olympic village. I don't think those instances
cheapen the haka.
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: August 28, 2012 09:56PM
For an outsider who doesn't know shit about it, it looks kind of foolish but
can imagine it probably looks kinda dumb to anyone who doesn't know what it is
suppose to signify. Even after looking it up it still appears odd to me. It
might be something best kept to yourselves in any case.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 28/08/2012 09:57PM by BlahX3.
