Do white New Zealanders also dance Maori dances?

Kaha of Maori War Dance and Sports Spirit

On Maori War Dance in Sports (Kaha). Kaha was originally a dance performed by ancient Maori before fighting the enemy, with the purpose of deterring opponents, disturbing the morale of the army and inspiring their own teams. Now it has been widely used in the sports field by New Zealand sports teams.

Kaha, the performance of the New Zealand rugby team, is the most famous. They are also called all because they appear in black in every game? Black. The football players are all burly, imposing and manly. Adidas also took a fancy to this image and packaged the New Zealand team. Every time I watch a performance, I feel excited.

The version of KAha before 2005 is called "Ka? Mating. August 28th, 2005 is an epoch-making day for Kaha fans. In the traditional rugby trivia competition between New Zealand and South Africa, the New Zealand team performed a new version of Haka: "Kapa? o？ Pangu.

There are two obvious differences between the old version and the new version: in the new version, New Zealand's national grass silver fern is mentioned in the lines; And in the last part of the new version, the player made a gesture of cutting his throat. This gesture has caused some controversy. After the game, the New Zealand Rugby Association began to discuss the necessity of this action. In 2006, it was finally concluded that this action means "movement and energy" in Maori, so there is no problem.

Translate the new version of Kaha's lines;

Kappa? o？ Pangu? Kia? whakawhenua？ au？ Me? Hao! - ? All of them? Black, let's blend in with this land!

Hī？ All right. hī！

Ko？ Aotearoa? e？ ngunguru？ nei！ -This is my home!

Au，？ au，？ aue？ hā！ -This is my moment!

Ko？ Kappa? o？ Pangu? e？ ngunguru？ nei！ -All of them? Black man, it's time to stand up!

Au，？ au，？ aue？ hā！ -This is my moment!

Me? ā ha ha ha!

Ka？ tū？ te？ Ihiihi-our strength

Ka？ tū？ te？ Wanwanna-victory is ahead.

Ki？ Runge? ki？ te？ Rangi e？ tū？ iho？ nei，？ tū？ iho？ nei，？ hī！ -We'll get dignity!

Ponga? rā！ Silver fern!

Kappa? o？ Pangu,? aue？ hī！ ? -All of them? Black people!

Ponga? rā！ ? Silver fern!

Kappa? o？ Pangu,? aue？ hī！ ? -All of them? Black people!

The lead dancer is their captain Umaga. He is a descendant of Samoa and has made many contributions in the national team competition. In the match against Wales in 2003, he rescued the stunned Welsh team captain Chavez and helped him out of danger, so he won many awards. This is also the charm of sports: faster and stronger changes, as well as friendship and care.