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  2. Hakka people - Wikipedia

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    The Hakka (Chinese: 客家), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, [1] [3] or Hakka Chinese, [4] or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China and who speak a language that is closely related to Gan, a Han Chinese dialect spoken in Jiangxi province.

  3. Hakka culture - Wikipedia

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    Hakka culture (Chinese: 客家文化) refers to the culture created by Hakka people, a Han Chinese subgroup, across Asia and the Americas. It encompasses the shared language, various art forms, food culture, folklore, and traditional customs.

  4. Hakka Chinese - Wikipedia

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    A Hakka speaker, recorded in Taiwan.. Hakka (Chinese: 客家话; pinyin: Kèjiāhuà; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hak-kâ-va / Hak-kâ-fa, Chinese: 客家语; pinyin: Kèjiāyǔ; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hak-kâ-ngî) forms a language group of varieties of Chinese, spoken natively by the Hakka people in parts of Southern China, Taiwan, some diaspora areas of Southeast Asia and in overseas Chinese communities ...

  5. Hakka cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Hakka cuisine is the cooking style of the Hakka people, and it may also be found in parts of Taiwan and in countries with significant overseas Hakka communities. [1] There are many restaurants in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, as well as in the United States and Canada, that serve Hakka food.

  6. Hakka Americans - Wikipedia

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    Many Hakka Americans have connections to Hakka diaspora in Jamaica, the Caribbean, South East Asia, Latin America, and South America. The Han characters for Hakka (客家) literally mean "guest families". Unlike other Han ethnic groups, the Hakkas are not named after a geographical region, e.g. a province, county or city.

  7. Haka - Wikipedia

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    The group of people performing a haka is referred to as a kapa haka (kapa meaning group or team, and also rank or row). [14] The Māori word haka has cognates in other Polynesian languages, for example: Samoan saʻa (), Tokelauan haka, Rarotongan ʻaka, Hawaiian haʻa, Marquesan haka, meaning 'to be short-legged' or 'dance'; all from Proto-Polynesian saka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian sakaŋ ...

  8. Why do New Zealand do the haka and what do the words mean in ...

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    The All Blacks perform the Maori ceremonial dance before their fixtures

  9. List of Hakka people - Wikipedia

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    Name (Hakka pronunciation) Chinese name Birth-Death Born Ancestry Description Lai Enjue [2] (Lai En Cheok) 赖恩爵: 1795–1848: Shenzhen: Zijin, Guangdong: Admiral (水师提督), Guangdong Navy, 1843–1848; Commander, Battle of Kowloon, First Opium War, 1839; Just before Lai died due to illness, he told his family clan that his wish was to see the return of Hong Kong to China; Ten days ...