Imitations of the Haka!!!!!!!! whats ur thoughts on the matter?

Question

Speaking as a Maori myself i fell excited and so impressed when i see the allblacks doing the haka before their games!

but not all but most of these imitaions of the haka 'Ka mate' are appauling! everyone should indeed have a right to do what they want and if others want to use it before a game (non-maori/non-nz'ers) to pump everyone up then atleast to it properly, take some pride into it while your doing it!! and dont try and change it up IN ANY WAY!!thats just rude I do indeed feel that yes there is some very kind teams who are trying their best practicing but you see itsmore then that to us Maori. you have to feel what you r saying and when slapping yourself it hurts because your supposed to do it hard because it shows how commited and involved with the words you are chanting! as long as your not mcoking the haka and following rules basically about respect for the maori culture then i think its fine to preform it!

whats u thoughts on this mattr?

open to all! maori and non

Answer 1

This would depend on which teams you are talking about. I have not heard anything about this. However, I would say this that only teams representing NZ have the right to perform the haka. It is a tradition of the indigenous Maori culture unique to New Zealand. If other countries' teams are learning the haka with the intent of performing it before their games I believe that that would be the highest disrespect to the Maori culture and New Zealanders.  As a Kiwi I would be extremely offended.

Answer 2

I have a lot of respect for the haka, should be used to intimidate and was used before war during war and after war to intimidate. Being part maori have performed and seen hakas performed against a team I have been in. When you get a whole school surrounding a rugby field(Saint Stevens 92') and then going into a haka can be deafening and intimidating but such an impressive site which sends shivers down your spin.

Answer 3

Good Question ,post it in the NZ section!!!!

You ll get abit more response.

For the guy below ,its in the travel section, New Zealand  but it ends up with all sorts of NZ topics.

Answer 4

Theres a New Zealand Section now?

Answer 5

Personally I think the NZ Haka should only be used by rep teams of that country.      Like the kiwi it is part of who NZers are and for other foreign teams to use this 'challenge' is like using their flag.     I believe that as a gesture of respect the Hawaiian Am. football team was going to move away from using the haka but whether it did or not I'm not sure.     Imagine some other team singing Ozzies Waltzing Matilda.

Answer 6

I think it really shouldn't be done by non-Maori/NZ/or Polynesian/Pacific Islander teams.  I think that a possible exception should be made for the Hawaiian football team(s).  I say that because native Hawaiians have a similar culture (being as to that the Maori, Hawaiians, Samoans, etc, come from similar cultures to one degree or another, being Pacific Islanders) so I think it's fair game for the Hawaiians to get in on it to an extent, but it should be the Hawaiian equivalent, not a Maori haka.   In essence, a non-New Zealander/Maori team performing a Maori/NZ haka is basically being a bunch of posers, which is lame, and more to the point, disrespectful, compounded further when done wrong.

Answer 7

it just shows me how disrespectful people can be it makes me want to bludgeon them to death than eat them while there still breathing and moving

Answer 8

its culture (Y)..

They used it to phycologically intimidating the people who wanted to battle with them,

But apprently has been said everyone is learning it, or creating it. The other teams are trying their hardest so they can Pysk the other team out so they can win,

After all.. who brought Rugby to them?

Great Britain did.

Intimidation makes them people scared. so i.e they use it for their culture because it is... i think scary.

I suppose Maori's are committed afterall its been passed down throught their blood and history, and thats why its cultural.