Haka

The Haka is a ritual dance of the people Maori interpreted at the time of ceremonies, of festivals of welcome, or before leaving to the war.

This dance became famous throughout the world thanks to the radiation of the New Zealand team of Rugby, the All Blacks. The players, in black behavior, traditionally interpret Haka before the beginning of each one of their meetings, with an aim of impressing the adversary. The systematic interpretation of the haka date of 1987, at the time of the first World cup of Rugby. It was reserved before for the rounds of All Blacks in the foreign countries.

But the players of Rugby are not the only ones to use it before their sporting match. Haka occupies a very significant part in the cultural life of the Néo-zélandais (that they are maori, Anglo-Saxon Métis or ) and constitutes an basic element of their National identity. One practices Haka everywhere: in the colleges, the universities, in the army, etc

Tana Umaga led the Kapa O Pango, Haka of a very impressive new kind, at the time of the match New Zealand - South Africa on Saturday, August 27, 2005 with Dunedin.

But of other nations of the zone Oceania do not carry out a haka before starting a meeting of Rugby: thus Fiji (cibi), the Samoa (Siva tau) and Tonga (Sipi Tau) have their clean “dance” of before match.

Within the framework of animations around the world cup of Rugby 2007, giant Haka was organized with Béziers on the lawn of the stage of the Mediterranean on June 30th, 2007. 525 participants reproduced the gestures of Wallisian association Lomipiau.

Origins

According to the Mythology maori, Tama-harm-to-ruffle, the god sun, had two wives: Hine-raumati, lady of the summer, and Hine-takurua, lady of the winter. The newborn of Tama-harm-to-ruffle and Hine-raumati was called Spot-rore. He was credited with the origin of the dance. Spot-rore is the tremor of the air seen at the time of the hot days of the summer and is represented by the tremor of the hands at the time of the dance. Haka is a generic name for all the dances Maori. Today, Haka is defined like the part of the repertory of dance where the men are with before and women with the back for the vocal support. The majority of Haka presented today are of Haka taparahi or Haka without weapons.

More than any other aspect of the Culture Maori, this complex dance is an expression of passion, strength and identity of these people. Haka, more than one master key time, was a habit of importance, particularly at the time of welcoming at the time of social meetings. The reputation of the tribes rested partly on their skill to make Haka (Hamana Mahuika).

Different Haka

External bond

  • Photographs of Haka to the festival of tahuata

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