Kapa Haka | NPR

“We perform haka as an expression of pride,” says Karl Johnstone. Kapa haka, a traditional Māori posture dance, “was about not only intimidating the opponents, but it was about how do we actually prevent degenerating into a battle?” he says. “Haka is all about the expression of your inner energy. The shaking of the hands,” says Johnstone, “that’s an expression of our life force … it’s showing that there’s an energy within you.”
Watch New Zealand’s Tuku Iho Living Legacy perform kapa haka at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
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[@Sergeantpaprika]

Her voice is UNREAL! All of theirs!

[@joffermann]

I think the word ethereal REALLY fits here.

[@saucerfull1]

Sergeantpaprika...why do you think that???

[@mkaplan1383]

And looks sexy in a weird way.

[@Coralcomets]

​@@saucerfull1And why dont you?

[@saucerfull1]

@@Coralcomets stupid question!

[@christophermaldonado1898]

The art of fighting, without fighting! Love it!

[@prizmarvalschi1319]

Intimidation is the best way to avoid conflict at the last second If they're too afraid to fight, no fight will happen

[@anxietti]

the OG dance battle

[@voivodvlad1]

The Gurkhas do the same thing. Jai Kali Maa! Ayo Gurkhali! Is their war cry designed to frighten their enemies into running away.

[@voivodvlad1]

@@prizmarvalschi1319 I read that the Gurkhas war cry "Ayo Gurkhali" was used the same way. Fierce warriors!

[@gaviny-w3569]

Rubbish at its best!

[@josephj4043]

Best preserved culture in the entire world. Can't explain why but have to say seeing this makes me feel pride although I'm neither New Zealander or Maori !!

[@therealdorianfinch]

Islands (Japan, New Zealand, Iceland, Hawaii, etc) seem to be like that... I wonder if it's because the ocean around preserved it from outside influences!

[@leafii.]

I am Maori and I just wish I learnt more before my grandfather died. I guess I’ll have more time since next year is his enveiling

[@daniellemozafari1524]

Joseph the spark is telling you to find your ❤️ and follow it until you find your very special culture that is hidden within you, find it, let it flow through you, then meet us back here ❤️💋

[@BLACK_LIVES_MATTER64]

Well to me I think the best culture around is Mongolian, Siberian, & Japanese. But Polynesians are heavily mixed with Caucasian and Melanesians and a little bit Japanese.

[@BLACK_LIVES_MATTER64]

Also the Polynesians in this video don't look like pure polynesian, they probably around 40-50%. I mean neantherthals are still around it's just that the blood quantity is only 3% neanterthal.

[@Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush]

I dont know how anyone could be racist.....God made such amazing cultures She absolutely killed it. 👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@lcm93]

Took the words out of my brain right there

[@tenshimoon]

AGREED. Nice to see other people recognize this. Humanity was always meant to be a mosaic of colour & culture, not have everything be exactly the same. Homogeneity is so fecking dull.

[@prodipkumargogoi4546]

150 likes

[@patriciapazzane3188]

I don't know which culture, a Maori died, but at 400 years old

[@tenshimoon]

@@patriciapazzane3188 wait what? How did people know for sure that's how old they were when they passed? Did it end up on the news or was it just kept more low-key?

[@tasnimk8692]

i am not from this culture but to anyone who is please keep your culture alive and do not let it get forgotten. your culture is so beautiful and it would be a shame to see your culture get lost in the world just like many others did..

[@cauliflowerpower41]

There's NO SUCH PEOPLE!! PLEASE STOP The Haka is channeling their ancestors , the aggression alllll of it is NOT JESUS ACCEPTED OR ENDORSED BY GOD Its Proud, boastful lacks fear of anything which is NOT CHRISTIAN We are to worship him in spirit and in truth.

[@anonmon8550]

@@cauliflowerpower41 they’re indigenous people, whom God also created. Their culture pre-dates Christianity. Tribal culture is how the Maori survived for thousands of years. And because wars happen, these people found ways to intimidate their opponent without the shedding of blood. Clearly it worked! Please travel or read about other cultures. The same religious colonists who showed them Jesus, were also the same people raping and killing them and I’m sure you don’t look at THOSE people as demonic. Have some nuance about yourself!

[@cauliflowerpower41]

@@anonmon8550 I don't care if Christianity was not a name yet Christ has always been a name and He is before all mankind

[@destryflame9343]

Christians killed off a lot of theses performers ancestors. I know because they are mine also. We will not lose our culture again! Never, not ever!

[@hakaboy6924]

@@cauliflowerpower41 Maori have there own gods, you do yours and we’ll do ours

[@terandasamson4013]

I'm so amazed with this culture the people are so beautiful

[@kestimatyas1196]

ME TOO I LOVE MY FAMILY AND WE ARE ALL MAORI AND PROUD OF WHO WE ARE.

[@woohooo7634]

@Jacky Phantom No. They mixed slightly with melanesians. They look sort of blasian. Anyway, you're not even Poly. There are HUNDREDS of pure Polynesians. Fuck off colonizer.

[@churmeks]

@Jacky Phantom it doesn't matter what we look like; as long as we have pride in where we come from and who we are ;)

[@frankyflowers]

did they eat human flesh?

[@hakaboy6924]

@@frankyflowers we used to ceremonially yes

[@millionDZbabygurl]

This concept is very new to me. Don’t know why or if anyone else felt this way, but the passion around it just brings tears to my eyes.

[@ellenseltz4548]

Yes, look up wedding hakas, they will make your heart burst.

[@SpeakTheTruthLouder]

To me it just looks very aggressive, hateful, self-important and their eyes look demon possessed. I mean say whatever you want to flatter people to fit in or feign cultural tolerance, but clearly this is not something that is kind, good or wholesome. My culture is not preferred by others, but I do not just take everything about my culture and just presume it's "beautiful" and moving. There is a lot of TERRIBLE aspects to our culture and that of those in this video. The fact that you label them victims in your mind and feeling compelled to then justify and glorify or glamorize everything that they want to do shows a lack of discernment. People who use emotions and not discern is not very wise.

[@millionDZbabygurl]

@@SpeakTheTruthLouder You're welcome to come online and speak your truth as loud as you'd like, but get real and don't make assumptions about other people in the process. I'm not sure where you're getting at with saying I'm 'feigning cultural tolerance;' don't make an assumption about me; I have no interest in identity politics. What's also odd is I said nothing about labeling anyone as a victim, YOU did. I'm not PRESUMING it's 'beautiful and moving,' it's presented as such in literally every Haka video. If you'd like to educate with factual and alternative explanations to the significance Haka, cool. But kindly fuck off with your making wild assumptions about me by an objective, single-line comment.

[@AnneAlready]

@@SpeakTheTruthLouder Your vacuous and self-indulgent comment says everything about you, and nothing about the comment you're replying to.

[@odin765]

It can look "demon posessed" or whatever your uneducated self sees it as, but just know that you know nothing about our culture so you just look like an idiot saying nonsense with no knowledge on what you're speaking about 😄@@SpeakTheTruthLouder Here's a tip for the future, if you don't know anything, just don't say anything, it'll avoid making yourself look like a complete fool

[@DearProfessorRF]

What a beautiful ceremony. And the choral harmonization is just fantastic.

[@stephenscheissloch818]

They move like that to get some bulge-attention. Let's not forget that this is a totally fraudulent event out of Hollywood. One can make lots of money from sharing that bone.

[@budgie463]

@@stephenscheissloch818no?

[@dn-qv1br]

Does anybody know the name of the lady who was mostly singing? I need to know, she killed it.

[@tezdadad]

d n, i don't

[@tirzasantos]

Rosie Te Rauawhea Belvie

[@dn-qv1br]

Thanks hun😘😘😘

[@lilymiahealy4712]

she was so good

[@westerlywinds5684]

"She killed it" That was the idea in the first place.

[@Anon-ek3ck]

The tattoos on the chin is so dope!! Amazing culture

[@marijanewernsman6134]

It means the lady wearing it is a tribal storyteller. BTW, when I visited NZ, I was told that the tattoo shops in NZ will not tattoo anyone with Maori designs unless they have tribal permission. The tattoos tell the story of a person’s life, and no one else can wear them. Great islands, great people!

[@hakaboy6924]

@@marijanewernsman6134 this is true, moko tribal tattoo is given not requested

[@leafii.]

@@hakaboy6924 I guess I’m valid then huh?

[@dane1056]

The facial tattoos (real ones) went through a serious decline in the late 1800s and stayed gone for a very long time. It's making a real comeback at the moment, especially on women. Very cool to see.

[@nzfreeski]

As a kiwi living in the US, this always lifts me and reminds me of home.

[@leafii.]

As a Maori living in Australia it definitely does. Once we did the haka in a return to with a lot of people and the other guests thought we were crazy.

[@user-nl7hx7rj8b]

Киви это птица же такая. Ещё есть киви фрукт. Ты птица, или фрукт?))

[@nzfreeski]

@@user-nl7hx7rj8b хахаха, не уверен, возможно, я такой же человек.

[@kinasandwich7624]

​@@user-nl7hx7rj8b Our Ancestors were apart of all life living nature's time not a clock or watch, but with the season and everything it brings?

[@bigpapajohn3563]

proud to be polynesian with a mum from polynesia and dad from samoa. big brother will be crowned chief (in samoa) very very soon cannot wait. i love how this represents the maori. i was born and raised in australia like my little brother. my older sister in new zealand with my big brother. my sister finishing off her nursing years, aunts getting married, new chief where also leading to my big brother moving to samoa. it’s kind of scary but so so fun. i’m happy to see our culture alive!

[@Saffron-sugar]

This version of haka is far more operatic and balletic than any I’ve ever seen. Not sure if it’s my favorite, but it’s amazing.

[@bootypetals]

This is called kapa haka, heaps on KZbin too

[@wojpm2000]

I am in full support of saving all cultures, including Maori Culture and I am also a Headbanger and a fan of Alien Weaponry!!!

[@regulator674]

Alien weaponry is awesome!!

[@tarawiselove]

You win the internet award for this post. Edit: Wait, Wojciechowski... Are you the guy with the black and red morphs? Don't fault me if you're not the guy or don't know what I'm referring to, but I remember your name from a few years ago.

[@nikiTricoteuse]

I'm a fat old white lady and l think Alien Weaponry are brilliant too but, l also like Throat Singing, so there's that. Check out The Hu, if you don't already know about them.

[@nikiTricoteuse]

Don't know if youtube will let me post the link but this is a great introduction to the Hu. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaeVanewnM6LkKM

[@a.walters123]

I am so moved by that woman and her ethereal voice, this culture is so strong and respected worldwide, they’re doing something right. They have the right knowledge and way of life, and this is why the culture is preserved and even stronger today.

[@bcov33]

I Always get chills and teary eyed when hearing the Haka. Does anyone else?

[@user-oh4yd5uh4e]

Not at all. It´s so overrated nowdays. You see it all the time. On average there is a haka performed every 37 seconds in New Zealand. A haka used to be something special but nowdays the maoris find any old reason to do one. Cuzzy Steven has arrived at the airport....let´s do a haka. They opened up a new library at school.....let´s do a haka. Auntie Moana just made her best banana cake ever.....let´s do a haka.

[@aria.rayne.janzen]

im an indigenous canadian and this video gave me chills,Māori culture is so beautiful omg

[@auntykeli]

ALOHA and Kia Ora to our cuz'ns from another island nation! Every time I hear the Haka, my soul jumps within me and I want to join in!! This is one of the most beautiful sounding Hakas I have ever had the pleasure to watch! You're amazing performers!!!

[@hakaboy6924]

Ka pai

[@deecohen1383]

OK so before I read your comment I made a comment that parts of the women forward segments looked like they were doing the hula so pardon me for not being as early as I should be but am I wrong. I feel like I was born in the wrong country I am from New York and I love New York but I have such a strong pole and affinity towards the Pacific Islands the culture New Zealand the culture the Maori I just feel like I was born in the wrong place I am so drawn to these kinds of videos that make me feel like nothing else has ever made me feel culturally at least I’m in New York is great but being born in the United States and I have moved a lot I have lived in a bunch of places including the Caribbean I’ve been to Europe Western Europe only unfortunately I haven’t been to the Far East or the Pacific Islands deliver in San Diego for a minute but that doesn’t mean anything I just and fascinating and so drawn to these cultures. It’s so much more passionate than anything in the US

[@P.T_luvrgirl]

Being from New Zealand and being apart of many kapa hakas when seeing my elders do kapa haka it never fails to give me chills

[@leafii.]

Are you a Maori or New Zealander cause there is a difference. I’m a Maori and The Kapa Haka and Haka give me the CHILLS EVERYTIME cause my family is that intimidating

[@jomanmac]

Yeah it's funny

[@biankamunozalcantara8612]

This is a wonderful example that natives can be part of the society without loosing their culture and identity. ❤❤❤

[@heatvisuals]

When they start singing and harmonizing it makes me the most scared to battle

[@treebles]

even though i am not of the same culture, i can feel their strength + appreciate its beauty! 🖤🌏

[@izabelmariabroad5368]

It's a truly and deeply awesome thing for a People to know who they are, for the men and women to stand together, belonging to each other, bound by tradition and by a way of life, having their very own voices and culture.

[@kevlarburrito6693]

The intimidation principle behind the Haka has always reminded me of the Gaulish use of the Carnyx horns before battle. Interesting to see how similar things were for our ancestors despite the myriad differences in culture and geography.

[@tobinbh3940]

thank you for showing our beautiful culture to the world...so proud to see our culture appreciated by so many ...Kia Ora ..Te Hau Maori ora!!

[@83KaLion808]

Beautiful, powerful. So much love and Aloha for the Maori culture! 🙏🙏👏👏👏🤙🤙

[@jeremytucker4909]

Haka absolutely speaks to my soul! Anyone feel as though they have been displaced and wish they were a small part of the Maurian culture. It is absolutely powerful and beautiful

[@jeremytucker4909]

@@itinui1 All cultures have experienced loss in some microcosm. All cultures understand pain and suffering. Just because I appreciate and value the beauty of a certain aspect of culture doesn't mean I can't also understand its struggle. That's the most frustrating thing about general dialog, too many people cast dispersion based on assumptions.

[@Gerwi545]

If kapa haka can reach into your being and sing the same song that your soul sings, then that is the highest compliment indeed to tangata whenua (people of the land). It shows you understand the interconnectedness of all nonliving and living to each other, papatuanuku (earth mother and her land, sea & forests) and to the planes of existence (the spiritual, the physical & the natural). We call this POV, te ao Māori. Dig a little deeper into your roots, perhaps you'll see how we're all interconnected in some way. ;-) Nga mihi nui

[@todretex]

I love watching various Kapa Haka as they remind me of how beautiful NZ is, and I notice if you watch old footage they have evolved from when I was a kid. Way more refined now. This one is fantastic, but I hope these dances don't change too much more. The other thing that people probably don't realize is that the melody and music is mostly European. So the modern day cultural displays we see are a blend of Polynesians stylization that evolved especially I think from middle of last century (and previously through church music). ie Elvis Presley and 1950-60's fascination with Polynesian and Hawaiian culture etc. I would love to see a documentary on this topic, as it fascinates me. I have learnt several 'Maori' songs on guitar and sort of play them in that style of guitar strumming and sometimes feel guilty that I play them at all as I am Pākehā, and I know my chords feel like I am strumming something from Disney's Moana and not quite right.

[@vijaykumarthambimuthu5669]

So beautiful, the patriotism of the maori culture stems from their souls. Thats the reason most people who enjoy watching the hakka have a soul to soul experience. So very gifted to be part of this culture, as a migrant.

[@rileylangill7821]

everytime i watch a haka i sob, the emotions are so raw and it’s so beautiful and the amount of admiration comes flowing out with my tears. the power and soul of their ancestors is present in them in these beautiful moments and i love seeing it.

[@nikiTricoteuse]

As a Kiwi l've seen quite a few haka but, one of the most moving and powerful l've ever seen was a lone man performing a haka outside the mosque after the massacre. He expressed the anger and sorrow many of us were feeling in such a beautiful way.

[@nikiTricoteuse]

Hopefully the link will stay up long enough for you to see it. It takes a while for the person filming to realise what's happening and pan the camera but it's worth waiting until they do. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3qXe3yajt6Sm9E

[@Dhtvl19]

Wow! Men and women working in symphony! ❤ Something we forgot how to do! There is something so beautiful how they go together, how they full fill each other here! The way women give power and magic, and then them coming in front to protect, while they are singing for them… its just beautiful ♥️ this is symphony of your nature and it’s touching 😍

[@bluishbuncake]

this overwhelmed and stunned me, so breathtakingly, stunningly, hauntingly beautiful. infinite love to the Māori from the Great Plains 💖 and my deep respect for our fellow Indigenous peoples ✊🏽

[@bootypetals]

🤍🤍🤍

[@user-oh4yd5uh4e]

Do your people also do ram-raids?

[@hyperbunnygirl101]

I'm glad my initial response of "oh no' was the original intended effect of the dance 😂

[@jamietodd1675]

God, that was absolutely beautiful, I'm in tears right now..

[@superintelligentshadeofblue]

Such strength and beauty!

[@kestimatyas1196]

THIS HAKA IS A STRONG AND POWERFUL.

[@Gitanarosa]

Every Polynesian I know can sing ❤️ New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@danielgomez-uu8cn]

Hola soy de chile me encanta ver videos de Haka. Pero vez que veo tengo sensaciones raras como de alegría tristeza y ahí veces como eufórico sobre todo con los de equipo de rugby de Nueva Zelanda. No sé su historia ni su origen si lo que significa. Pero me encanta.

[@heyapostleG777]

Beautiful culture that should be protected for future generations.

[@whoami2179]

Thank you for showing people this. This is beautiful.❤

[@Tarot_Tarot_Tarot]

This brought tears in my eyes. I wish for this to forever be alive. ❤

[@Snibble]

And then we came, dancing on our wooden shoes! This is intense on so many levels! I feel power, pride, embarrassment, pain and then go back to the base again.

[@Gerwi545]

Then you feel exactly what the haka is meant to help you feel and remind you of the interconnectedness of all nonliving and living beings to each other, nature, spirit and physical realms. And as one, we feel everything. The concept of mauri (life force) is felt when you see the hands wiri (fluttering hand movement) as they tap the astral line that connects us to our ancestors so they awaken and see us honour them, to mana (authority/power) in how we stand for our culture and people as a collective, protecting traditions but also adapting them to maintain the cultures survival, to tapu (sacred and restricted customs) that protect Māori knowledge, and wairua (spirit) that connects us all. I have no doubt that tapping back into your roots and your culture's dancing and singing traditions,will help you find all that you feel when watching kapa haka. And if not well then, māori is a collectivistic culture, it is more than accommodating in embracing those that embrace us. Ngā mihi nui :-)

[@mybudinesd4545]

This is something to admire

[@echohunter4199]

As a Scottish-American man that’s a retired US Army Infantryman, I respect warriors and the society that made them. The Māori are up on the same scale as the Sikhs and Gurkha warriors. If I had to fight them I know I had better do my job with no restraint. It’s my prayer and hope that the Māori keep their blood lines pure and pass in their legacy generation after generation.

[@MsWhitegirl16]

I would love to watch this live. There is just something so beautiful and powerful about this

[@mboaz4730]

I'm glad they teach ALL Kiwis about the Maori culture, not just the ones that are descendants from the three original canoes. Less chance of it dying out that way. The Welsh are doing the same, so that the language and culture of their country isn't lost. I wish that the USA would teach our First Nation cultures, stories and languages, there are so many! I was born on what would have been Pawnee land, raised on Apache land and finally settled in Kaw land. But the last of the recognized Kaw died a few years back, and now they are no more. The Ghost Dance has been forbidden for so long that almost no one knows it anymore. We need to throw appropriation out the window. Teach Truth to all that will hear. Let all that draw breath speak it.

[@trueaussie9230]

You could be pro-active and seek out learning for yourself and teach others. Or do you still need yer mammy to spoon feed you?!

[@Stern4EVERx]

We've lost what made us what we are, "our beginning"

[@DylanRomanov]

😭

[@jlynnd1616]

This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen

[@alfredvelazquez3306]

I AM NOT WORTHY TO STAND AMONG YOU. BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL AMONG THE ANCESTORS. 💪💪🤙🤙

[@user-oh4yd5uh4e]

😂😂😂😂😂 You see one video and all of a sudden you place these people high up on a pedestal. Something for you: News 24 headline: "Shock over Maori infant brutality" They have been scalded, burned with cigarettes, raped, had bones broken and been beaten unconscious, sometimes to death. Horrific cases of Maori youngsters - some under two years of age - being tortured, abused and KILLED BY MEMBERS OF THEIR OWN FAMILIES Among the grisly headlines that have dominated the nation's media over recent weeks are stories of a 28-month-old Maori girl in a coma after suffering severe head injuries, a broken arm, cuts, bruises and cigarette burns over most of her body. The toddler's 52-year-old grandmother was being held in prison on assault charges. Police in the central North Island town of Carterton are investigating the death a week ago of 23-month-old Maori girl Hinewaoriki Karaitiana-Matiaha who was sexually abused, scalded with hot liquid and beaten before being taken to hospital by relatives. The child, who was put in the care of her grandmother by the Child, Youth and Family Service after consultations with the toddler's family just short of her second birthday, was dead on arrival at Masterton Hospital late on Sunday, July 23. And last week, a coroner in the east coast town of Tauranga found that two-month-old Marcus Te Hira Grey died from a brain haemorrhage following a severe beating by his father. These cases follow the recent release of a report into the gruesome killing last April of four-year-old James Whakaruru, beaten to death by his stepfather for failing to call him Dad. The stepfather had been jailed once for assaulting the boy, but the youngster endured a lifetime of horrific beatings, despite being under the eye of various child welfare agencies, and his hellish existence went unnoticed. The proportion of extreme cases of brutality towards children among the Maori population - which makes up about 15 percent of New Zealand's 3.8 million citizens - is far higher than for any other ethnic group.

[@user-oh4yd5uh4e]

Something else for you: News from the Rotorua Daily Post: "Child, 2, dies after Rotorua driveway accident, family member steals from doctor trying to save child's life." As hospital staff tried to save the life of a 2-year-old boy run over in a Rotorua driveway, a family member swiped a doctor's two phones and a bank card and went on a spending spree. The child died a short time later but Melissa Herewini (A MAORI) had already taken the bank card to four stores in Rotorua and bought alcohol, food, petrol, phone credit and cigarettes.

[@alfredvelazquez3306]

​@@user-oh4yd5uh4e. Is there a purpose for you to tell me this story?

[@user-xk4fh2rv6q]

Браво ! Хорошее , интересное исполнение и красивые и талантливые артисты ! Я в восторге!

[@thomasmartel3991]

Haka forever Haka for life chi meegwetch from your brothers and sisters on turtle island

[@tenshimoon]

Treaty territories 1-3 perhaps? I recognize the Ojibwe :)

[@tomsessential]

Haka and Hongi, we also have that cultures, we are connected...a hi from Indonesia.

[@sofiyaabduljebar5553]

Our world was full of beautiful cultures before the occupiers failed attempts to destroy it. Keep up your beautiful tradition ❤❤❤

[@NIQUEYBOOP]

Brought tears to my eyes.. just beautiful

[@dewibliemer]

Woow what a voice ! Always get goosebumps when i hear and ser haka❤

[@ranjithar9485]

Her voice and eyes❤

[@akashmenanmenan50]

I started loving haka and I'm so intrigued to learn more about maori culture after watching the newzealand's youngest parliament member's maiden speech with haka chanting 🔥🔥🥹🥹👌👌

[@bakatstravarenmattsson3418]

It would work on me.

[@np2679]

Beautiful!

[@justinleokennedy]

Totally agree.

[@PhilaVeratatis31415]

The white guy with the guitar just followed them around ever since that one party in college…”I can play in that key bro!”

[@grandpatzer]

Her pūkana eyes are incredible

[@megvegana8695]

É lindo quando seu povo mantém suas tradições, adoro assistir estes vídeos Haka!👏👏💚💚 Brasil 2021🇧🇷

[@pamelacondila7828]

WOW!! Very amazing beautiful New Zealand has. I couldn't help but tear up after seeing haka. Please explain what of why others outside of New Zealand tear up after seeing the haka.

[@whitinuibarton8429]

Human spirit is strong

[@pamelacondila7828]

@@whitinuibarton8429 WOW thank you

[@hakaboy6924]

Because kapa haka is raw and calls for strength from our tupuna , it is universal and you don’t need to understand Te Reo to feel it.

[@willfest]

that performance was so good that I wish each member had a microphone and the guitar had a wireless transmitter on it so the whole thing could be mixed down. It certainly was superb.

[@Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush]

I always like to come back to this- Her voice always makes me burst into tears❤

[@shonellemcgregor7897]

Just had a full happy cry watching this

[@Me2times]

Beautiful voices

[@facethebass]

Everytime I hear the Haka I feel something. As a person of African ancestry alot of our ancient traditional culture was stripped from us. This gives me hope that other cultures are still well preserved.

[@ArisLegendasWrestling]

I love the Haka, get me amped up and teary, gives me power and that boost. love it,

[@briseydacarrillo7807]

That lady singing from the beginning 😍😭😍 anyone know where i can find more vids of her? I love her voice 💖

[@milagrosmendoza6245]

Soy peruana es posible pertenecer a esta cultural solo por elección 🥰

[@FeminineAroma]

I get goosebumps whenever I see a haka. Beautiful culture. ❤

[@tekawolf8254]

Love this video!!! Thank you for sharing it!! So incredible!!

[@ayleene100]

Wow!!! Vibrant!!!

[@cintia1051]

for a second there I thought the boys had no pants LOL

[@cintia1051]

or they are IDK LOL

[@samlpq]

This should be added in world heritage list

[@rod4516]

Her eyes are crazy looking when she wants them to be but she's so beautiful it's mesmerizing

[@brittanyspencer6251]

That woman’s VOICE oh my god

[@wojpm2000]

What was the name of that song they were singing?

[@abuhammad]

Kudos to Maori people to successfully preserving their language, thus their culture aldo survive.

[@SierraGax]

A perfect balance between the divine masculine and the divine feminine. We have these within each of us and part of a healthy society is having this balance as well. Regardless of gender this balance is important for health: physical, mental, and spiritual. We must all be able to protect, love, heal, fight, empathize, and more. Develop both sides and let them be part of your decisions and actions. Big hearted thank you to these people.

[@imushrooms4011]

If I could switch races (idk what terms to use don’t get mad at me) I’d definitely be Polynesian

[@leafii.]

Apparently in my school New Zealand or being Maori doesn’t count as being Polynesian. I don’t know why maybe because New Zealand is independent and signed a treaty?

[@destryflame9343]

Nevermind what Christians say, holdfast to your culture!

[@vegasdirtpusher1124]

yup, even if its worshiping lucifer, hold on to that culture not the best thought through comment, OR, MAYBE THATS THE POINT......JESUS IS KING OF KINGS, LORD OF LORDS

[@destryflame9343]

@@vegasdirtpusher1124 I do not bow down to the gods of my oppressors, I have the blood of warriors, I shall not insult my ancestors.

[@destryflame9343]

@@vegasdirtpusher1124 Stop preaching about a god that your slave owning ancestors stole and whitewashed.

[@jorsgoldentarot]

SO BEAUTIFUL

[@kotmurkot4962]

I appreciate how postmodern it is to accompany this tribal dance and singing with a six-string guitar brought to the tribe by fellow european lads

[@TIMEPASSMUTHU1994]

After MP

[@mkonlights6892]

I love the respect they jave to their past, how Can I marry a Maori girl 😁

[@leafii.]

Well if you do be prepared to get bombarded with big families

[@fortnight274playz6]

@@leafii. For sure 😂😂 guess mk on lights need to watch the wedding hakas 😂😂😂..

[@naginimadem]

In T20 world up expecting NZ cricket team to participate Haka dance❤

[@okbutjikook-8061]

Wish I could see the clean version of this kapahaka she’s such a good singer 😍

[@michaelafleming5084]

Um...well...they’re beautiful. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@arthurmead5341]

ummm..they're not

[@woohooo7634]

@@arthurmead5341 ? what

[@constantcharity]

Heinz Linge ok racist

[@tezdadad]

NPR, at 0:39, the lady in the middle gives me the creeps, even at 0:41

[@lamontsefo7528]

True

[@tezdadad]

I agree

[@Bluesbabesrv]

Then she is accomplishing what she is trying to convey. Fearless!

[@vanguardoftruth4166]

It scared the nazis off in world war 2, so it works!

[@GoodCitizen-lf9db]

Good! that’s her goal.

[@feofano2601]

Какие красивые люди, чудесные, волшебные голоса, прекрасное пение.❤

[@raysingh222]

Who are came after see MP Chanting this in newzealand parliament give attendance😊

[@LJRiley-io7nh]

The guitar is not intimidating.

[@tjspragg8491]

I wish they didn't have the guitar

[@jim1550]

Not sure why they chose to do this ceremonial dance on the first floor of city hall and not outside...

[@dursly]

its nice in there

[@Epicdps]

acoustics

[@MsShannruggles]

Jon: For the acoustical sound in there...

[@kestimatyas1196]

PROB RAINING.

[@Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush]

Who cares?

[@jurgenmuller5524]

Haka means for me respect !!! You've got my full respect !!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much , Jürgen

[@Fishroads]

the traditional tattoos are truely beautiful

[@whereeveritgoes]

...and then the British arrived with guns.

[@sammyraaa9138]

Awang Budiman lol yeah, and they still couldn't do shit except concede their guns wouldn't be enough to help them take over by force... so they whipped out a treaty and won on paper instead lol. British pussies.

[@deankumeroa4324]

They never won the war many of them were eatin You start a war with us you well be our food we only eat those s who start wars with us

[@rachele.3229]

@@deankumeroa4324 the Maori ate some of the British?

[@delmarae100]

@@rachele.3229 Yes, I think the last record of cannibalism in NZ was mid-1800's.

[@rachele.3229]

@@delmarae100 omg

[@braveimmigrant751]

This is the most beautiful haka i ever seen🤩

[@user-oh4yd5uh4e]

You should see the Ruatoki Hokey pokey.

[@jemimaluv4293]

goosebumps...literal goosebumps