Our Active Start sessions this week have been inspired by the Maori's Haka. It was performed to James Cameron by the New Zealand stuntmen, who worked on Avatar, as a sign of respect. James Cameron was inspired so much by this gesture he created a scene involving a Na'vi Haka although it never made the final cut of the film.
The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand. They have a culture uniquely their own (called Maoritanga) and part of their cultural heritage includes ta moko, a form of body modification historically used by the Maori to signify rank and social standing, enhance attractiveness and indicate eligibility for marriage.
A huge part of their culture is the Haka and performed by the men and women to signify a war cry, for amusement, as a hearty welcome to distinguished guests, or to acknowledge great achievements or occasions.
Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora! Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora!
Tenei te tangata puhuru huru Nana nei i tiki mai,
Whakawhiti te ra
A upane! ka upane! A upane! ka upane!
Whiti te ra!
Hi!
*'wh' sounds like 'f'
English translation
I die! I die!
I live! I live!
I die! I die! I live! I live!
This is the hairy man Who has caused the sun to shine again
The Sun shines!
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16 comments:
This is really scary!
I really like the new zealand haka and I think it is very inspirational. It is also scary!
This dance is kind of scary but if we back of there dance and we play sports vs them they will thrash us 10* harder but i kind of like the brilliant haka dance
The person who is leading this Haka dance is looking really serious and looks very scary.
That is a very very scary!
New Zealand Moari's do like doing that haka dance i want to try it actually i want to see a real person from new zealand tom show us the haka dance
This haka dance is kind of funny but it is there tradition.The person who is leading this haka looks quiet scary.
I think this haka dance is good but a bit scary.
The haka dance was funny and good. Me and my two friends Noor-ul-aain and Shazmeen made up a rhyme when they say "Kaor kaor" and we said "pakora pakora". I really did liked the haka it was fab!
The dance is like a kind of sport but ithink people would enjoy it.
It is great.
The haka war dance was the scary dance i ever see.But i do like the dance because it ffuuunnnyy!!
The haka dance is fab.
We do it much better then 6KH.
My brother loves this.
6PO know the Haka dance better than 6KH because we do it for our Active start!!! ALL HAIL 6POB
OOOOHHHHH!!! when i was doing the haka dance i feel that we all are like a crazy COOKERTOO!!!!
in another way i feel like i'm really doing it.
but it CCCCRRRAAAAZZZZZYYYY!!!!!!
Whenever i watch it, scares me.
It's really fun when i do it.
But the bad thing is my voice always goes.
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