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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]
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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Kapa o Pango is a pre-match haka, or challenge, composed by Derek Lardelli, which is unique to the New Zealand national rugby union team, the All Blacks. Since 2005, the "Kapa o Pango" haka has been performed a total of 98 times before rugby test matches by the All Blacks as an alternative to the usual "Ka Mate" haka.
A similar Rotuman dance, also derived from the 'Uvean original, is similarly called the ka'loa. Tonga College students performing a kailao for the King's 70th birthday (1988) The 'Ikale Tahi , the Tongan national rugby union team, used to perform the kailao with kailao clubs or sticks, as they did against Wales in 1974.
Samoan rugby league team midway through the Siva Tau before the game against England during the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. The Manu Siva Tau is a Samoan war dance, performed by the Samoan sporting teams before each match. The national rugby union team used to perform the traditional 'Maulu'ulu Moa' on tour. Prior to the 1991 World Cup, the ...