Danse du Jour

[shanmonster]

Today's dance clip features haka as performed by Maori tribespeople of New Zealand. This is right up there with krumping for in-your-face aggressive dancing. I think the gurning and the vocalizations one-up the krumping, though.

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Comments

[elanya.livejournal.com]

That is frickin' cool!

[allthingsnoisy.livejournal.com]

Awesome! It's very much the same dancing found in the movie "Whale Rider." Very cute movie.

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

LOL, it's so funny to see haka posted here! I never really think of it as dancing, just as... haka. Though of course if someone asks you what a haka is the usual response is "a war dance". I guess because other dance is silent, whereas the chant is integral to haka, and it wouldn't be one without the words.

Kapa haka teams have gotten really impressive in recent years.

Haka vs. Sipi Tau

[mutex8.livejournal.com]

Here we have the New Zealand All Blacks facing off against the Tongan national rugby team.



More info on rugby and war dances from the Pacific Islands (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1013349/posts).

More All Blacks Haka (http://allblacks.com/index.cfm?layout=haka).