Soldiers' farewell haka footage goes viral

[BDBoop]

Army spokesman Major John Gordon told the Herald last week the haka represented their "outpouring of emotion".

"Our military is a small organisation and people tend to all know each other," he said.

"Many soldiers don't tend to show their emotions. But today, you saw their collective grief. Their personal grieving will come later."

Soldiers' farewell haka footage goes viral - National - NZ Herald News

I've never seen anything like this before, it is very moving.

 

[Mr. H.]

Wow.

 

[Pennywise]

What is Haka?

 

[BDBoop]

Haka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I had never heard of it before.

 

[whitehall]

Did Kiwe's invent a new word or have they always engaged in Hakas?

 

[BDBoop]

Always.

 

[syrenn]

Army spokesman Major John Gordon told the Herald last week the haka represented their "outpouring of emotion".

"Our military is a small organisation and people tend to all know each other," he said.

"Many soldiers don't tend to show their emotions. But today, you saw their collective grief. Their personal grieving will come later."

Soldiers' farewell haka footage goes viral - National - NZ Herald News

I've never seen anything like this before, it is very moving.

see... ive always thought everyone knew what that was!

 

[BDBoop]

Army spokesman Major John Gordon told the Herald last week the haka represented their "outpouring of emotion".

"Our military is a small organisation and people tend to all know each other," he said.

"Many soldiers don't tend to show their emotions. But today, you saw their collective grief. Their personal grieving will come later."

Soldiers' farewell haka footage goes viral - National - NZ Herald News

I've never seen anything like this before, it is very moving.

see... ive always thought everyone knew what that was!

Nope, and I even had a good kiwi friend for several years! Some things just don't come up in polite conversation, apparently.

 

[syrenn]

Soldiers' farewell haka footage goes viral - National - NZ Herald News

I've never seen anything like this before, it is very moving.

see... ive always thought everyone knew what that was!

Nope, and I even had a good kiwi friend for several years! Some things just don't come up in polite conversation, apparently.

lol.... the facial and tongue thing cracks me up.

Its very big for NZ sports.

 

[peach174]

It's very intense and moving, especially when you see it live and on stage.

 

[BDBoop]

It's very intense and moving, especially when you see it live and on stage.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ7kuDAq6j4]The Dances of New Zealand: The Haka and Poi - YouTube[/ame]

 

[peach174]

This is their original War dance.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI851yJUQQw]Original maori haka dance - YouTube[/ame]