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  • “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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Komentáře • 910

  • @Sergeantpaprika
    @Sergeantpaprika Před 4 lety +568

    Her voice is UNREAL! All of theirs!

    • @joffermann
      @joffermann Před 2 lety +2

      I think the word ethereal REALLY fits here.

    • @saucerfull1
      @saucerfull1 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @mkaplan1383
      @mkaplan1383 Před rokem

      And looks sexy in a weird way.

    • @Coralcomets
      @Coralcomets Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@saucerfull1And why dont you?

    • @saucerfull1
      @saucerfull1 Před 4 měsíci

      @@Coralcomets stupid question!

  • @christophermaldonado1898
    @christophermaldonado1898 Před 4 lety +863

    The art of fighting, without fighting! Love it!

    • @prizmarvalschi1319
      @prizmarvalschi1319 Před 3 lety +21

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

    • @anxietti
      @anxietti Před 2 lety +6

      the OG dance battle

    • @voivodvlad1
      @voivodvlad1 Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @voivodvlad1
      @voivodvlad1 Před rokem +3

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

    • @gaviny-w3569
      @gaviny-w3569 Před rokem

      Rubbish at its best!

  • @josephj4043
    @josephj4043 Před 3 lety +988

    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
      @therealdorianfinch Před 3 lety +30

      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.
      @leafii. Před 2 lety +20

      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
      @daniellemozafari1524 Před 2 lety +6

      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
      @BLACK_LIVES_MATTER64 Před 2 lety +2

      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
      @BLACK_LIVES_MATTER64 Před 2 lety +2

      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.

  • @tasnimk8692
    @tasnimk8692 Před 4 lety +260

    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
      @cauliflowerpower41 Před 3 lety

      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
      @anonmon8550 Před 3 lety +31

      @@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
      @cauliflowerpower41 Před 3 lety

      @@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
      @destryflame9343 Před 3 lety +23

      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
      @hakaboy6924 Před 3 lety +14

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

  • @terandasamson4013
    @terandasamson4013 Před 4 lety +426

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

    • @kestimatyas1196
      @kestimatyas1196 Před 4 lety +8

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

    • @woohooo7634
      @woohooo7634 Před 4 lety +3

      @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
      @churmeks Před 3 lety +2

      @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
      @frankyflowers Před 3 lety +2

      did they eat human flesh?

    • @hakaboy6924
      @hakaboy6924 Před 3 lety +1

      @@frankyflowers we used to ceremonially yes

  • @Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush
    @Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush Před 4 lety +1479

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

    • @lcm93
      @lcm93 Před 4 lety +24

      Took the words out of my brain right there

    • @tenshimoon
      @tenshimoon Před 3 lety +50

      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
      @prodipkumargogoi4546 Před 3 lety +1

      150 likes

    • @patriciapazzane3188
      @patriciapazzane3188 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @tenshimoon
      @tenshimoon Před 3 lety +2

      @@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?

  • @millionDZbabygurl
    @millionDZbabygurl Před 2 lety +111

    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
      @ellenseltz4548 Před rokem +6

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

    • @SpeakTheTruthLouder
      @SpeakTheTruthLouder Před 4 měsíci

      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
      @millionDZbabygurl Před 4 měsíci +4

      @@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
      @AnneAlready Před 4 měsíci +2

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

    • @odin765
      @odin765 Před 3 měsíci

      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
    @DearProfessorRF Před 4 lety +195

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

    • @stephenscheissloch818
      @stephenscheissloch818 Před 3 lety +1

      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
      @budgie463 Před 10 měsíci

      @@stephenscheissloch818no?

  • @Anon-ek3ck
    @Anon-ek3ck Před 3 lety +86

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

    • @marijanewernsman6134
      @marijanewernsman6134 Před 3 lety +30

      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
      @hakaboy6924 Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @leafii.
      @leafii. Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @dane1056
      @dane1056 Před 2 lety +1

      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.

  • @dn-qv1br
    @dn-qv1br Před 4 lety +425

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

  • @nzfreeski
    @nzfreeski Před 3 lety +45

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

    • @leafii.
      @leafii. Před 2 lety +3

      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
      @user-nl7hx7rj8b Před 20 dny

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

    • @nzfreeski
      @nzfreeski Před 19 dny

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

    • @kinasandwich7624
      @kinasandwich7624 Před 4 dny

      ​@@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
    @bigpapajohn3563 Před 2 lety +11

    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!

  • @a.walters123
    @a.walters123 Před 2 lety +14

    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.

  • @Saffron-sugar
    @Saffron-sugar Před rokem +13

    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
      @bootypetals Před rokem +3

      This is called kapa haka, heaps on CZcams too

  • @wojpm2000
    @wojpm2000 Před 4 lety +142

    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
      @regulator674 Před 3 lety +5

      Alien weaponry is awesome!!

    • @tarawiselove
      @tarawiselove Před 3 lety +3

      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
      @nikiTricoteuse Před rokem +1

      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
      @nikiTricoteuse Před rokem

      Don't know if youtube will let me post the link but this is a great introduction to the Hu.
      czcams.com/video/sv29DzgiXZA/video.html

  • @P.T_luvrgirl
    @P.T_luvrgirl Před 2 lety +12

    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.
      @leafii. Před 2 lety +3

      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
      @jomanmac Před 4 měsíci

      Yeah it's funny

  • @auntykeli
    @auntykeli Před 4 lety +65

    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
      @hakaboy6924 Před 3 lety +2

      Ka pai

    • @deecohen1383
      @deecohen1383 Před 2 lety +1

      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

  • @treebles
    @treebles Před 3 lety +21

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

  • @bcov33
    @bcov33 Před 2 měsíci +2

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

    • @user-oh4yd5uh4e
      @user-oh4yd5uh4e Před 2 měsíci

      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.

  • @izabelmariabroad5368
    @izabelmariabroad5368 Před rokem +7

    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.

  • @tobinbh3940
    @tobinbh3940 Před 2 lety +8

    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!!

  • @heatvisuals
    @heatvisuals Před 3 lety +12

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

  • @83KaLion808
    @83KaLion808 Před 3 lety +22

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

  • @biankamunozalcantara8612
    @biankamunozalcantara8612 Před 3 měsíci +1

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

  • @aria.rayne.janzen
    @aria.rayne.janzen Před rokem +15

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

  • @kevlarburrito6693
    @kevlarburrito6693 Před 2 lety +7

    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.

  • @jeremytucker4909
    @jeremytucker4909 Před 2 lety +8

    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
      @jeremytucker4909 Před 2 lety +3

      @@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
      @Gerwi545 Před 2 lety +3

      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

  • @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.

  • @bluishbuncake
    @bluishbuncake Před rokem +8

    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 ✊🏽

  • @superintelligentshadeofblue

    Such strength and beauty!

  • @todretex
    @todretex Před 5 měsíci +2

    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.

  • @jamietodd1675
    @jamietodd1675 Před 3 lety +11

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

  • @Gitanarosa
    @Gitanarosa Před 3 lety +7

    Every Polynesian I know can sing ❤️ New Zealand 🇳🇿

  • @rileylangill7821
    @rileylangill7821 Před 2 lety +8

    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
      @nikiTricoteuse Před rokem +1

      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
      @nikiTricoteuse Před rokem +1

      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.
      czcams.com/video/YI4JIdYy_eo/video.html

  • @whoami2179
    @whoami2179 Před 2 měsíci +1

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

  • @mybudinesd4545
    @mybudinesd4545 Před 3 lety +8

    This is something to admire

  • @hyperbunnygirl101
    @hyperbunnygirl101 Před 3 lety +6

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

  • @heyapostleG777
    @heyapostleG777 Před rokem +3

    Beautiful culture that should be protected for future generations.

  • @Tarot_Tarot_Tarot
    @Tarot_Tarot_Tarot Před rokem +2

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

  • @alfredvelazquez3306
    @alfredvelazquez3306 Před 10 měsíci +2

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

    • @user-oh4yd5uh4e
      @user-oh4yd5uh4e Před 2 měsíci

      😂😂😂😂😂 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
      @user-oh4yd5uh4e Před 2 měsíci

      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
      @alfredvelazquez3306 Před 2 měsíci

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

  • @MsWhitegirl16
    @MsWhitegirl16 Před rokem +3

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

  • @danielgomez-uu8cn
    @danielgomez-uu8cn Před 4 lety +7

    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.

  • @Dhtvl19
    @Dhtvl19 Před 14 dny

    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 😍

  • @ranjithar9485
    @ranjithar9485 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Her voice and eyes❤

  • @Snibble
    @Snibble Před 3 lety +3

    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
      @Gerwi545 Před 2 lety +1

      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 :-)

  • @NIQUEYBOOP
    @NIQUEYBOOP Před 2 lety +2

    Brought tears to my eyes.. just beautiful

  • @jlynnd1616
    @jlynnd1616 Před 6 měsíci +1

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

  • @tomsessential
    @tomsessential Před rokem +1

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

  • @Stern4EVERx
    @Stern4EVERx Před 3 lety +6

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

  • @dewibliemer
    @dewibliemer Před rokem +2

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

  • @ArisLegendasWrestling
    @ArisLegendasWrestling Před rokem +2

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

  • @tekawolf8254
    @tekawolf8254 Před 2 měsíci

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

  • @bakatstravarenmattsson3418
    @bakatstravarenmattsson3418 Před 5 lety +45

    It would work on me.

  • @Me2times
    @Me2times Před 4 lety +3

    Beautiful voices

  • @Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush
    @Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush Před 7 měsíci

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

  • @grandpatzer
    @grandpatzer Před 4 měsíci +1

    Her pūkana eyes are incredible

  • @thomasmartel3991
    @thomasmartel3991 Před 5 lety +51

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

    • @tenshimoon
      @tenshimoon Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @shonellemcgregor7897
    @shonellemcgregor7897 Před 4 lety +5

    Just had a full happy cry watching this

  • @echohunter4199
    @echohunter4199 Před 8 měsíci

    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.

  • @jorsgoldentarot
    @jorsgoldentarot Před rokem +2

    SO BEAUTIFUL

  • @user-xk4fh2rv6q
    @user-xk4fh2rv6q Před 3 lety +5

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

  • @pamelacondila7828
    @pamelacondila7828 Před 4 lety +6

    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
      @whitinuibarton8429 Před 3 lety +5

      Human spirit is strong

    • @pamelacondila7828
      @pamelacondila7828 Před 3 lety +1

      @@whitinuibarton8429 WOW thank you

    • @hakaboy6924
      @hakaboy6924 Před 3 lety +3

      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.

  • @FeminineAroma
    @FeminineAroma Před 4 měsíci

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

  • @sofiyaabduljebar5553
    @sofiyaabduljebar5553 Před 4 měsíci +1

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

  • @np2679
    @np2679 Před 6 lety +36

    Beautiful!

  • @ayleene100
    @ayleene100 Před 5 lety +6

    Wow!!! Vibrant!!!

  • @willfest
    @willfest Před 10 měsíci

    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.

  • @rod4516
    @rod4516 Před rokem +1

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

  • @mboaz4730
    @mboaz4730 Před 3 lety +3

    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
      @trueaussie9230 Před 2 lety

      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?!

  • @milagrosmendoza6245
    @milagrosmendoza6245 Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @camilleyoung8099
    @camilleyoung8099 Před 3 lety

    Definitely enjoy watching the performance of a haka

  • @captainblack3043
    @captainblack3043 Před 2 měsíci

    Beautiful.

  • @megvegana8695
    @megvegana8695 Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @briseydacarrillo7807
    @briseydacarrillo7807 Před 3 lety +5

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

  • @ezrabouwer2886
    @ezrabouwer2886 Před 3 lety

    Absolutely beautiful

  • @PhilaVeratatis31415
    @PhilaVeratatis31415 Před rokem +1

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

  • @cintia1051
    @cintia1051 Před 3 lety +3

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

  • @wojpm2000
    @wojpm2000 Před 4 lety +8

    What was the name of that song they were singing?

  • @akashmenanmenan50
    @akashmenanmenan50 Před 4 měsíci

    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 🔥🔥🥹🥹👌👌

  • @samlpq
    @samlpq Před 2 měsíci

    This should be added in world heritage list

  • @brittanyspencer6251
    @brittanyspencer6251 Před 4 lety +6

    That woman’s VOICE oh my god

  • @imushrooms4011
    @imushrooms4011 Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @leafii.
      @leafii. Před 2 lety

      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?

  • @silviahelenadesousabrasil3186

    Nossa gente eu fico emocianada com esse ritual , ❤

  • @okbutjikook-8061
    @okbutjikook-8061 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @mkonlights6892
    @mkonlights6892 Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @leafii.
      @leafii. Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @fortnight274playz6
      @fortnight274playz6 Před 2 lety

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

  • @tezdadad
    @tezdadad Před 4 lety +5

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

  • @facethebass
    @facethebass Před rokem +1

    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.

  • @jemimaluv4293
    @jemimaluv4293 Před 2 lety

    goosebumps...literal goosebumps

  • @destryflame9343
    @destryflame9343 Před 3 lety +9

    Nevermind what Christians say, holdfast to your culture!

    • @vegasdirtpusher1124
      @vegasdirtpusher1124 Před 3 lety +1

      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
      @destryflame9343 Před 3 lety +1

      @@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
      @destryflame9343 Před 2 lety

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

  • @michaelafleming5084
    @michaelafleming5084 Před 4 lety +6

    Um...well...they’re beautiful. 🤷🏾‍♀️

  • @christinajenkins611
    @christinajenkins611 Před 2 lety +1

    Goosebumps

  • @braveimmigrant751
    @braveimmigrant751 Před 4 měsíci +1

    This is the most beautiful haka i ever seen🤩

  • @TIMEPASSMUTHU1994
    @TIMEPASSMUTHU1994 Před 4 měsíci +2

    After MP

  • @jim1550
    @jim1550 Před 6 lety +4

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

  • @janelowe524
    @janelowe524 Před 3 měsíci

    Beautiful

  • @LJRiley-io7nh
    @LJRiley-io7nh Před 4 lety +3

    The guitar is not intimidating.

  • @whereeveritgoes
    @whereeveritgoes Před 6 lety +21

    ...and then the British arrived with guns.

    • @sammyraaa9138
      @sammyraaa9138 Před 5 lety +13

      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
      @deankumeroa4324 Před 5 lety +3

      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
      @rachele.3229 Před 5 lety

      @@deankumeroa4324 the Maori ate some of the British?

    • @delmarae100
      @delmarae100 Před 5 lety

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

    • @rachele.3229
      @rachele.3229 Před 5 lety

      @@delmarae100 omg

  • @jurgenmuller5524
    @jurgenmuller5524 Před 2 lety

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

  • @Kemmylolo1
    @Kemmylolo1 Před 5 měsíci

    So powerful. I love it.