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crazylemongirl · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...

so I was doing this lesson on new zealand for my kids and I managed to find a clip online of the allblacks doing the haka against the Tongans. Now my boys usually have something to say about just everything but never before have I had a class sit in stunned silence after seeing taht.

Kind of made my day as the seeing that.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Say could you translate that into North American english for us American media saturated types? Smile

gajackson1 · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 8:47 pm Post subject:

try it now, on your desk!

http://www.holstebro-rugby.dk/billedfolk/haka_how_to_perform.jpg

ex-winger,

G.

Sliver · Joined: 04 May 2003 Location: The third dimension

In action...Enjoy

http--www.rugbymuseum.co.nz-images-1997.wmv

canuckistan · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:51 pm Post subject:

I once went to a Kiwi wedding in Ottawa. At 2 am and rather liquored-up, a "caller" well-versed in such things and all the males aged 8 to 80 stripped down to their waists and did the Haka.
Very impressive! Very Happy

gypsyfish · Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

When I was stationed in the Sinai with the Multinational Force and Observers, one of the countries represented was New Zealand. Every two months, when a new contingent of Aussies and Kiwis arrived, the Kiwis would go to the landing stip and perform a haka. Most impressive. As hot as it got at times, I felt sorry for the people standing on the tarmac barefooted.

Manner of Speaking · Joined: 09 Jan 2003

crazylemongirl,

A few months go I taught "the Lion Sleeps Tonight" to about 300 elementary school students; I overdubbed the song onto the opening 10 minutes of the movie The Lion King and played it on the televisions in the school. They loved it!

I started researching haka as something 'next' to teach them...I wanted to ask, do you think it's appropriate to write a haka in English, and teach it to a group of elementary age kids? I'm Canadian, I don't know that much about NZ/Maori culture, I'm afraid. Embarassed

crazykiwi · Joined: 07 Jun 2003 Location: new zealand via daejeon

Haha! some of us kiwi boys (and not so kiwi boys) used to do the haka at 3am down the pub, for a great laugh, and its a great stress releiver!

as to the question from manner of speaking. if you wanted to teach them the english translation AND the actions that go with the original haka, it wouldnt mix to well. just teach them both versions, i think the kids would love it considering the first couple of lines mean "you die you die, you live you live " or the other way round, cant remember. anyway, i say go hard.

side note. saw on k1 fighting (or one of those ones) a japanese fighter coming out to the song "pokarekare ana". I heard it was a big hit over these ways at some stage. very nice.

Len8 · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Location: Kyungju

The Korean Version of Pokarekareana is in the norebongs. I forget the Korean name, but if you hummed it for the Koreans they would know what it is.

Was very popular, and it's often sung at those big musical gatherings that you see on TV. Everyone sings it too, so it's quite impressive.

Manner of Speaking · Joined: 09 Jan 2003

Medic · Joined: 11 Mar 2003

I remember the Korean version for Poekarikari ana. Its "Biba rabi chi don Panda"

jaganath69 · Joined: 17 Jul 2003

inexhile · Joined: 18 Feb 2003

Pokarekare ana is a Korean song. it was appropriated by some Maori soldiers during the korean war. When confronted with this, Howard Morrison said "Well us fullahs are great borrowers aye".

crazykiwi · Joined: 07 Jun 2003 Location: new zealand via daejeon

inexhile · Joined: 18 Feb 2003

my drunk mate told me, there fore it must be true.
seriously, There was a special on arirang about 1 year ago. The whole show was about NZ. some korean friends watched it and were blown away to hear the tune. They told me it is a "very old" korean song. A kiwi mate told me that he'd seen Howie say that on a TV show about the issue. Don't know what show, it was in NZ.