During orientation back in February, our orientation leaders took all of the study abroad kids to the Auckland Museum. We went to a Maori performance and got to see them perform songs and dances. This is a video from the Haka, the traditional Maori dance. It was used primarily as a war dance, but there's lots of different types. If you look closely you can see how the guys stick out their tongues and make their eyes really big, the Maori used to do that to scare their enemy. The New Zealand rugby team the All Blacks do the haka before every game! There was a class offered this semeter where you got to learn a whole bunch of Maori danes, including the haka, and lots of Maroi songs and then the final exam is a performance. I really wanted to take it but it's not offered next semester so I guess I'll have to learn the haka on my own!
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