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The dance form has been adopted by the New Zealand national rugby union team, the "All Blacks", the Māori All Blacks, New Zealand women's national rugby union team, the "Black Ferns" and a number of other New Zealand national teams perform before their international matches; some non-New Zealand sports teams have also adopted haka. [1]
New Zealand sports teams' practice of performing a haka to challenge opponents before international matches has made the dance form more widely known around the world. This tradition began with the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team tour and has been carried on by the New Zealand rugby union team (known as the All Blacks) since 1905.
When the British & Irish Lions toured New Zealand in 2017, the All Blacks performed "Kapa o Pango" ahead of the first and third tests, making the Lions the ninth side to face the new haka. For the 2019 Rugby World Cup , "Kapa o Pango" was used against South Africa in the pool stages and Ireland in the quarter-finals, as well as Wales in the ...
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Although haka is a traditional dance form of the Māori people of New Zealand, the use of a haka by the All Blacks rugby team before matches has made it familiar worldwide, and various haka have been adopted by sports teams outside New Zealand, particularly American football teams in the United States.
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