Why isnt the all blacks not performing the kapo o pango any more?

Question

Why isnt the all blacks not performing the kapo o pango any more?

Answer 1

they removed the slit a while ago, it ended up being more of a chest slash...

I wonder if they have stopped doing it as it was part of their world cup build up/challenge?

I thought it was great, I'm glad I got the change to see it live once.

Answer 2

There has been an outcry as to why the All Blacks can perceive themselves as so important that they developed a haka for themselves.

Even though the players and the public liked it the questions surrounding it have not quietened down and it is still a hot topic.

Personally I liked it and would like to see it continue without any changes!!

Answer 3

Because most of the players that developed it have left the ABs

Answer 4

Too many new faces, so it takes time to learn. I reckon Te raupraha's haka is a little easier for the white boys to get down. Then, once they have kamate down, they can step it up to kapa o pango.

Only two or three guys had ever before started against Aus in the weekend - lot of ABs earning big ping for off shore clubs - traded the haka for euros and yen.

Piri will probablly push for kapa o pango this weekend with any luck. Kamate sucks.

Most of the pakeha fellas can't even sing in te reo, so . . . kapa haka is a big ask.

But to be honest, the boys need to sharpen up on their basic skill sets before they worry about joining a kapa haka group, no bloody point doing a great haka if no bugger can hold onto the ball. How bad was that last 30 at Home Bush ?

Answer 5

they should only do the haka if they win, to much energy is wasted at the start

Answer 6

They probably don't really have enough time to with trainings and having to sharpen up on their skills especially after their recent lost to the Wallabies. This and most of the team are new so will have to learn the words and than learn all the actions.

Answer 7

Because I think that our game needs more attention after the last loss by 15 points. A polynesian ceremonial dance and its tribal origins are probably the least of our worries at the moment.

Answer 8

because it would really really suck to go out there and do it, throat splitting gesture and all, and then lose.

Answer 9

because P.C rugby world hasnt got of its @ss to know the  interpretation of the Haka or the words to the HAKA Kapa Opango.-it means men in black and for you people that think its a throat cutting gesture,the action is bring your breath from the left shoulder  to the right.

Everybody outside of New Zealand cries blue murder when we perform it and think its wrong..."LEARN THE WORDS AND ACTIONS' it will bring some mana to you

Answer 10

This is a trick question. "why isnt the all blacks not..." That means they are. So why are they still performing the kapo o pango?

What?

I think they stopped doing the Kapo o Pango most likely because of fears that it would cause crime to soar in Auckland. Also; Kapo o Pango was an imposter; the Haka starts with Ka mate and ends with a hop skip and a jump... it's what the punters want to see. Adidas almost certainly employed a consultant to choreograph the Kapo o Pango; if I were a Kiwi (which I'm not), I'd want the Rugby Haka to be the one it's always been, even if it wasn't always that one. It has it's own aura and that's the way it should be.

In a similar vein I wish people would stop telling me that Flower of Scotland was written and composed by Roy Williamson of the 60s folk band the Corries. I preferred believing it was written and performed by R. the Bruce at Bannockburn.

Answer 11

they're going to have to sort their game plan out before composing a new haka

Answer 12

The Kapo o pango was only instituted for special occasions but ironically it is more culturally relevant in regards to the wording, than ka mete.

Also, it may look like a throat-slitting action at the end of the song but according to Derek Lardelli, the author of the dance and words, it actually signifies the "breath of life". . The action was supposed to be done to re-energize the vital organs like the heart.

During the dance, their legs are burning  and they are gasping for air. They are trying to grab hold of the "energy" on the right side of the body and bring it across to the other side of the body "howl it through vital organs" and the air passage and expel breath to revitalize themselves. It is a ceremonial dance not a war dance.

Unfortunately, the public in NZ and UK interpreted the wrong way (understandable though).

Answer 13

I fink day isin wantoo bro

Answer 14

Imagine singing our beautiful Anthem...and then right afterwards having this blood curling throat slitting haka  ..it sorta cancels out our beloved Anthem. We should rather have one of these displays, not two as it just insults the God who we are singing to.

Just my thoughts.