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..
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.
@@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!
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 !!
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!
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 ❤️💋
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.
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.
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.
@@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?
@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.
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.
@@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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!!!
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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. ruclips.net/video/YI4JIdYy_eo/видео.html
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 ✊🏽
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.
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.
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
@@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.
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
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.
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.
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 😍
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.
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 :-)
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.
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.
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.
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.
😂😂😂😂😂 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.
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.
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 🔥🔥🥹🥹👌👌
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
Wow... Lots of respect for these youngsters who are demonstrating their traditional roots. Well this act resembles me similar to "Maa Kali", while both the Haka and Maa Kali's act involve movements and expressions that convey power and intensity.
The Haka is a traditional dance form of the Māori people of New Zealand. It is performed by a group of people with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmically shouted accompaniment . The Haka is often performed to welcome distinguished guests, or to acknowledge great achievements, occasions, or funerals. Maa Kali is a Hindu goddess who is considered to be the goddess of time, change, power, and destruction of evil.
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.
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?
Yeah apparently but so did Ireland, Scotland, India you know! The commonwealth but we're still here still teaching our European people how to become one. : )
Her voice is UNREAL! All of theirs!
I think the word ethereal REALLY fits here.
Sergeantpaprika...why do you think that???
And looks sexy in a weird way.
@@saucerfull1And why dont you?
@@Coralcomets stupid question!
The art of fighting, without fighting! Love it!
Intimidation is the best way to avoid conflict at the last second
If they're too afraid to fight, no fight will happen
the OG dance battle
The Gurkhas do the same thing. Jai Kali Maa! Ayo Gurkhali! Is their war cry designed to frighten their enemies into running away.
@@prizmarvalschi1319 I read that the Gurkhas war cry "Ayo Gurkhali" was used the same way. Fierce warriors!
Rubbish at its best!
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..
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.
@@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!
@@anonmon8550 I don't care if Christianity was not a name yet Christ has always been a name and He is before all mankind
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!
@@cauliflowerpower41 Maori have there own gods, you do yours and we’ll do ours
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 !!
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!
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
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 ❤️💋
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.
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.
I dont know how anyone could be racist.....God made such amazing cultures
She absolutely killed it.
👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Took the words out of my brain right there
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.
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I don't know which culture, a Maori died, but at 400 years old
@@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?
I'm so amazed with this culture the people are so beautiful
ME TOO I LOVE MY FAMILY AND WE ARE ALL MAORI AND PROUD OF WHO WE ARE.
@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.
@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 ;)
did they eat human flesh?
@@frankyflowers we used to ceremonially yes
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.
Yes, look up wedding hakas, they will make your heart burst.
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.
@@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.
@@SpeakTheTruthLouder Your vacuous and self-indulgent comment says everything about you, and nothing about the comment you're replying to.
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
I Always get chills and teary eyed when hearing the Haka. Does anyone else?
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.
What a beautiful ceremony. And the choral harmonization is just fantastic.
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.
@@stephenscheissloch818no?
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!
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.
The tattoos on the chin is so dope!! Amazing culture
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!
@@marijanewernsman6134 this is true, moko tribal tattoo is given not requested
@@hakaboy6924 I guess I’m valid then huh?
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.
@@marijanewernsman6134Ha fast forward to 2024 any one can get one LOL plastic culture
As a kiwi living in the US, this always lifts me and reminds me of home.
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.
Киви это птица же такая. Ещё есть киви фрукт. Ты птица, или фрукт?))
@@ИванБулыгин-ю8о хахаха, не уверен, возможно, я такой же человек.
@@ИванБулыгин-ю8о Our Ancestors were apart of all life living nature's time not a clock or watch, but with the season and everything it brings?
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.
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.
This is called kapa haka, heaps on RUclips too
im an indigenous canadian and this video gave me chills,Māori culture is so beautiful omg
Does anybody know the name of the lady who was mostly singing? I need to know, she killed it.
d n, i don't
Rosie Te Rauawhea Belvie
Thanks hun😘😘😘
she was so good
"She killed it"
That was the idea in the first place.
I am in full support of saving all cultures, including Maori Culture and I am also a Headbanger and a fan of Alien Weaponry!!!
Alien weaponry is awesome!!
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.
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.
Don't know if youtube will let me post the link but this is a great introduction to the Hu.
ruclips.net/video/sv29DzgiXZA/видео.html
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!!!
Ka pai
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
I'm from au Kia Ora
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
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
Yeah it's funny
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!!
even though i am not of the same culture, i can feel their strength + appreciate its beauty! 🖤🌏
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.
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.
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.
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.
ruclips.net/video/YI4JIdYy_eo/видео.html
When they start singing and harmonizing it makes me the most scared to battle
This is a wonderful example that natives can be part of the society without loosing their culture and identity. ❤❤❤
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 ✊🏽
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Do your people also do ram-raids?
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.
Beautiful, powerful. So much love and Aloha for the Maori culture! 🙏🙏👏👏👏🤙🤙
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.
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
@@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.
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
I would love to watch this live. There is just something so beautiful and powerful about this
Every Polynesian I know can sing ❤️ New Zealand 🇳🇿
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.
Beautiful culture that should be protected for future generations.
God, that was absolutely beautiful, I'm in tears right now..
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.
Such strength and beauty!
THIS HAKA IS A STRONG AND POWERFUL.
We've lost what made us what we are, "our beginning"
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this gives me the chills. love the culture and the people who practice this which such respect and enthusiasm. ❤❤
This is something to admire
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 😍
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.
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 :-)
I love the Haka, get me amped up and teary, gives me power and that boost. love it,
It would work on me.
This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen
Woow what a voice ! Always get goosebumps when i hear and ser haka❤
I love learning about this culture. i definitely look forward to learning more about the Māori culture
One of the most intense cultural aspects of the maoris are ram-raids.
Brought tears to my eyes.. just beautiful
This brought tears in my eyes. I wish for this to forever be alive. ❤
É lindo quando seu povo mantém suas tradições, adoro assistir estes vídeos Haka!👏👏💚💚
Brasil 2021🇧🇷
Absolutely beautiful the New Zealand culture is stunning . Amazing
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.
Human spirit is strong
@@whitinuibarton8429 WOW thank you
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.
I get goosebumps whenever I see a haka. Beautiful culture. ❤
I'm glad my initial response of "oh no' was the original intended effect of the dance 😂
Her voice and eyes❤
Браво ! Хорошее , интересное исполнение и красивые и талантливые артисты ! Я в восторге!
Haka and Hongi, we also have that cultures, we are connected...a hi from Indonesia.
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.
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?!
This was beautiful all around but the lady's voice was angelic.
Just had a full happy cry watching this
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.
Haka forever Haka for life chi meegwetch from your brothers and sisters on turtle island
Treaty territories 1-3 perhaps? I recognize the Ojibwe :)
Our world was full of beautiful cultures before the occupiers failed attempts to destroy it. Keep up your beautiful tradition ❤❤❤
Beautiful!
Totally agree.
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.
Soy peruana es posible pertenecer a esta cultural solo por elección 🥰
Thank you for showing people this. This is beautiful.❤
That woman’s VOICE oh my god
I AM NOT WORTHY TO STAND AMONG YOU. BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL AMONG THE ANCESTORS. 💪💪🤙🤙
😂😂😂😂😂 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.
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.
@@ourpeople-g7r. Is there a purpose for you to tell me this story?
That lady singing from the beginning 😍😭😍 anyone know where i can find more vids of her? I love her voice 💖
Hey, if you look up: „Tuku Iho Living Legacy“, you‘ll find more videos of this particular group. 🤗
Beautiful voices
I always like to come back to this-
Her voice always makes me burst into tears❤
What was the name of that song they were singing?
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 🔥🔥🥹🥹👌👌
Wow!!! Vibrant!!!
Her pūkana eyes are incredible
Nevermind what Christians say, holdfast to your culture!
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
@@vegasdirtpusher1124 I do not bow down to the gods of my oppressors, I have the blood of warriors, I shall not insult my ancestors.
@@vegasdirtpusher1124 Stop preaching about a god that your slave owning ancestors stole and whitewashed.
Wow... Lots of respect for these youngsters who are demonstrating their traditional roots. Well this act resembles me similar to "Maa Kali", while both the Haka and Maa Kali's act involve movements and expressions that convey power and intensity.
The Haka is a traditional dance form of the Māori people of New Zealand. It is performed by a group of people with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmically shouted accompaniment . The Haka is often performed to welcome distinguished guests, or to acknowledge great achievements, occasions, or funerals.
Maa Kali is a Hindu goddess who is considered to be the goddess of time, change, power, and destruction of evil.
Maori youngsters are also very good at ram-raiding.
for a second there I thought the boys had no pants LOL
or they are IDK LOL
What a beautiful melody !!
this is hilarious 😂😂 wonder what pride it makes them feel
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.
If I could switch races (idk what terms to use don’t get mad at me) I’d definitely be Polynesian
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?
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
After MP
This is the most beautiful haka i ever seen🤩
You should see the Ruatoki Hokey pokey.
NPR, at 0:39, the lady in the middle gives me the creeps, even at 0:41
True
I agree
Then she is accomplishing what she is trying to convey. Fearless!
It scared the nazis off in world war 2, so it works!
Good! that’s her goal.
SO BEAUTIFUL
I love the respect they jave to their past, how Can I marry a Maori girl 😁
Well if you do be prepared to get bombarded with big families
@@leafii. For sure 😂😂 guess mk on lights need to watch the wedding hakas 😂😂😂..
I'm so glad I saw a TikTok today about Women in Haka dances. I would have never looked it up and found this. ❤️
Um...well...they’re beautiful. 🤷🏾♀️
ummm..they're not
@@arthurmead5341 ? what
Heinz Linge ok racist
They look crazy with those Scary eye looking!!!😮😱😱😱
You should see their eyes when KFC runs out of chicken.
Psychologist required
😂😂
Wish I could see the clean version of this kapahaka she’s such a good singer 😍
The guitar is not intimidating.
I wish they didn't have the guitar
Kudos to Maori people to successfully preserving their language, thus their culture aldo survive.
Guess the Haka dance was not that powerful. Apparently they lost to the European colonizers lol
Yeah apparently but so did Ireland, Scotland, India you know! The commonwealth but we're still here still teaching our European people how to become one. : )
20,000 Europeans killed later
This is the most beautiful culture traditions.