The New Zealand team, the most important in the world, has a particular tradition before matches: they perform a Maori dance to scare their opponents.
He Rugby World Cup 2023 It’s just in a corner. The Cougars this is their debut Saturday September 9 against England for him Group Cwhich also includes Chile, Samoa and Japan. The opening match will have the attraction that it will be between the Gauls, the host, and the New Zealand All Blacksalways a candidate to be the champion, which there is a custom that makes them unique: the Haka.
The Haka is a Maori dancenative population of New Zealand, warwhose purpose is to frighten the enemy and motivate oneself for battle. A leader stood in the middle of the formation and performs the previous harangue and the group performs a tribal dancewith threatening tunes and gestures, such as rhythmic body thrashing, making hand signals, heavy sleep stomping and scary facial grimaces, all accompanied by song.
currently, The Haka has been adopted as a symbol of tradition and is performed in various types of celebrations, such as birthdays, weddings, etc. and even in grieving situations. And the national rugby team, the strongest sport in the country, is always held before the games. The first time this was done was on October 3, 1888 during a tour of Great Britain.
The two types of Hakas of the All Blacks
Currently, the All black perform one of the two types of Hakas before the matches. The most traditional is ‘You Mate’ (Am I going to die?) composed in the 19th century
Leader: Taringa wakarongo! (Listen carefully!)
Group: Uhhhhhh
Leader: Kia rite! (Get ready!)
Group: Uhhhhhh
Leader: Kia rite! (Get ready!)
Group: Uhhhhhh
Leader: Kia Mau! (Attention!) (Group takes position)
Leader: Ringa ringa pakía! (Slap your hands on your hips!)
Leader: Waewae takahía, kia kino nei hoki! (Clap as long as you can!)
All: Kia kino nei hoki! (As strong as they can be!)
The group dance and singing begins
à ka mate, ka mate ka ora, ka ora (Will I die? Will I die? Will I live? Will I live?)
à ka mate, ka mate ka ora, ka ora (Will I die? Will I die? Will I live? Will I live?)
Tēnei te tangata pũhuruhuru (This is the hairy/brave man)
Nãna nei i tiki mai (Who brought the sun)
Whakti te rã (UY made it shine)
Áupane (One step up!)
Ka upane (One more step up!)
à upane, ka upane (One step up, another step!)
Whiti te rã (The sun is shining!)
uhhhhhhhhhh
On August 28, 2005, in a three countriesthe New Zealanders introduced a new version, quite unexpectedly, called ‘Cape O Pango‘ and what is that developed only and exclusively for the All Blacks.
Leader: Taringa wakarongo! (Listen carefully!)
Group: Uhhhhhh
Leader: Kia rite! (Get ready!)
Group: Uhhhhhh
Leader: Kia rite! (Get ready!)
Group: Uhhhhhh
Leader: Kia Mau! (Attention!) (Group takes position)
Leader: Kia-a wahaka-whenua au i a-hau! (Let me be one on earth!)
Everyone: Hey! Wow, Hi!
Leader: Ko Aotearoa e ngu-ngu-ru nei! (This is where New Zealand rumbles!)
Group: Au, au, au-ë Ha!
Leader: Ko kapa o pango e ngu-ngu-ru nei! (Here Rumble The All Blacks! (Leader))
Group: Au, au, au-ë Ha!
Leader: I ahaha! (me hahaha!)
Group: Ka tū te ihi-ihi! (Look in front of fear!)
Group: Ka tū te wana-wana! (Look in front of fear!)
Group: Ki runga ki te rangi! (In the sky above us!)
Group: E tū ilho nei! (Stand up!)
Group: Tū ilho nei! Hi! (Get up! Yes!)
Leader: Put rä! (Silver fern!)
Group: Kapa O Pango! (All black!)
Group: Oh, Hi!
Leader: Put rä! (Silver fern!)
Group: Kapa O Pango! (All black!)
Group: Oh, Hi!
Group: Ahhh!
Source: Tycsports
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