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Title: haka
Post by TOMBELAINE on Jun 10^th, 2024 at 11:42am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5_HmlSzpPo
A traditional haka used for weddings to test the groom >:( >:(

Title: Re: haka
Post by joe_meadmaker on Jun 10^th, 2024 at 8:07pm

I'm all for old traditions, and have seen some really cool war dances. But wearing a shirt and tie while doing it looks kind of silly.

Title: Re: haka
Post by TOMBELAINE on Jun 11^th, 2024 at 8:35am

joe_meadmaker wrote on Jun 10^th, 2024 at 8:07pm:

I'm all for old traditions, and have seen some really cool war dances. But wearing a shirt and tie while doing it looks kind of silly.

Haka isn't just a war dance. It is a form of expression for a people who has no writing. So there are therefore different kind of haka : warrior, mythical, ceremonial, funerary.
To celebrate a wedding, haka is traditional.
If members know the history of haka, I think many of us are applicants.

Title: Re: haka
Post by TOMBELAINE on Jun 11^th, 2024 at 8:57am

For fun :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w76J5dECIFM
I'm very impressed by the footwork.

Title: Re: haka
Post by TOMBELAINE on Jun 13^th, 2024 at 6:20am

While looking for websites on the haka, I found this one in the archieves of the French TV :

https://fresques.ina.fr/danses-sans-visa-en/parcours/0007/haka-through-the-ages-from-the-founding-myth-to-the-rugby-field.html

Without being complete, it clears a little our preconceptions. Icing on the cake, it is here transleted into English (for the few members who don't speak French ;D)