chant, the performance of which achieves collective preparedness and unity of purpose
dance of challenge and welcome; chant accompanying a dance with actions
intimidating tribal dance used by All Blacks and other South Sea Island teams at the start of a game to scare the willies out of the opposition.
a traditional Maori dance with various words and actions. The haka that the All Blacks perform is further explained in Ka Mate - Haka of the All Blacks.
Maori dance performed in threatening fashion before All Black rugby games.
A haka is a MÄori posture dance accompanied by chanted vocals. Haka actions may include facial gesticulations such as showing the whites of the eyes and poking out tongues and a wide variety of body actions including slapping the hands against the body and stamping feet. As well as chanted words, a variety of cries and grunts are used.
