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  2. 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 ...

  3. Ka Mate - Wikipedia

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    "Ka Mate" is the most widely known haka in New Zealand and internationally because a choreographed and synchronized version [4] of the chant has traditionally been performed by the All Blacks, New Zealand's international rugby union team, as well as the Kiwis, New Zealand's international rugby league team, immediately prior to test ...

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

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    The haka is one of rugby’s best known traditions, with the ceremonial Maori dance performed pre-match by New Zealand rugby sides before international fixtures.. Haka were traditionally performed ...

  5. 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

  6. Haka performed by non-New Zealand sports teams - Wikipedia

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    The Kahuku High School "Red Raiders" football team may have been the first American sports team to regularly perform a haka, doing so since 2001. [4] [5] The town of Kahuku is located just north of Laie, Hawaii, the home of Brigham Young University-Hawaii, which has many international students, including Polynesians from throughout the South Pacific, and both the student body and local ...

  7. New Zealand reclaims record for largest haka dance - AOL

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    New Zealand has set the world record for the most people to perform a haka, a traditional dance of the country's indigenous Maori, reclaiming the title from France. A statement by Auckland’s ...

  8. Kapa haka - Wikipedia

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    Kapa haka is an important avenue for Māori people to express and showcase their heritage and cultural Polynesian identity through song and dance. Modern kapa haka traces back to pre-European times where it developed from traditional forms of Māori performing art; haka, mau rākau (weaponry), poi (ball attached to rope or string) and mōteatea ...

  9. List of English words of Māori origin - Wikipedia

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    haka: a chant and dance of challenge (not always a war dance), popularised by the All Blacks rugby union team, who perform a haka before the game in front of the opposition hāngī : a method of cooking food in a pit; or the occasion at which food is cooked this way (compare the Hawaiian use of the word luau )