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Damn, I wish ALL US sport games began this way (Original Post)
packman
Oct 2015
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Ptah
(33,032 posts)1. Wildcats end pre-game haka tradition
http://tucson.com/sports/football/college/wildcats/wildcats-end-pre-game-haka-tradition/article_36b46089-5838-5e3a-8dc7-340ab385eba8.html
Lolomana Mikaele and Apaiata Tuihalamaka started a UA tradition in 2009, when they took the field 45 minutes before kickoff against Western Michigan and started dancing.
They stomped, thumped their chests and chanted and, in doing so, honored their Polynesian heritage.
The Ka Mate haka, a traditional dance performed by Samoan and Maori people, quickly became a mainstay. It carried through the end of the Mike Stoops era and continued with Rich Rodriguez.
Not any more. The Wildcats will no longer perform the haka before each game, a UA spokesman confirmed to the Star. Some native New Zealanders and members of the Maori tribe were unhappy after watching the Wildcats perform the dance before last weeks nationally televised game against UCLA. They sent a petition to UA President Ann Weaver Hart asking the Wildcats to stop performing it at all in the future.
They stomped, thumped their chests and chanted and, in doing so, honored their Polynesian heritage.
The Ka Mate haka, a traditional dance performed by Samoan and Maori people, quickly became a mainstay. It carried through the end of the Mike Stoops era and continued with Rich Rodriguez.
Not any more. The Wildcats will no longer perform the haka before each game, a UA spokesman confirmed to the Star. Some native New Zealanders and members of the Maori tribe were unhappy after watching the Wildcats perform the dance before last weeks nationally televised game against UCLA. They sent a petition to UA President Ann Weaver Hart asking the Wildcats to stop performing it at all in the future.
rurallib
(62,423 posts)2. would match up well with baseball.
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)3. Two hakas. Fantastic.
There have been various responses to the haka over the years. Probably the most famous one was when the Irish really got into the faces of the New Zealanders.
And, in years gone past, the haka hasn't always been so impressive
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)4. And now...with spears
Possibly NSFW. No nudity, but one guy gets close to it.