Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Step1
Ka Mate!
Yell: ka mate ka mate pronounced "car mart aye". Slap knees once per "ka mate" then yell: ka ora ka ora pronounced "korra korra" on the first "ka ora" beat your chest and on the second reach for the sky.
Step2
ka ora
repeat previous step
Step3
For the sake of this article from now on the spelling of the maori words will be fanetic.
yell: "tenny tee" and upper cut the air with your right hand. the yell: "tangata" and upper cut the air with your left hand.
Step4
puhuruhuru
The next step is tricky you might want to watch a video to aid you with the actions: Keep your left hand still from the upper cut you have just done and punch your left hand under it and back while yelling: "puhuru"
Step5
nanana tiki whakawhiti te ra thats the correct spelling :)
repeat the previous action but yell :nanana tiki fakafiti te ra!
Step6
upa ne!
slap your left arm and shout: "huppa" then slap your right arm and shout: "huppa" repeat slightly fast
Step7
whiti te ra hi!
reach for the sky and yell: whiti te ra put your hands on your hips put your hips put your tongue out and yell HI! pronounced hee!
Step8
The Great tiki
90% of this is facial expressions
Step9
Ok due to request i will include the translation:
ka mate ka mate:I die i die
kaora: I live
teini te tangata puhuru huru: here comes the hairy man
nanana tiki mai:who fetched the sun
whakiwhiti te ra:and caused it to shine again
a upa...ne:one step foward
whiti te ra: the sun shines again
hi:YEAH!
news.bbc.co.uk/.../4070302.stm?=177491, All blacks official site
Comments
daddyaubs said
on 9/21/2007 That's pretty freakin' cool!!!
Quinny said
on 7/17/2007 Congratulations, great thread. I love that white New Zealanders have continued and respected the Maori tradition and take part in the haka too, and why wouldn't they? I can't imagine preparing for a huge footy game, and coming face to face with a haka!! AAaaah! Could you please give us a translation of the words if thats possible?
klassykiwi said
on 7/10/2007 its great that you are all interested in the haka and thanks for your comments
julie_c_228 said
on 6/30/2007 Love the haka. It's really scary for the adversaries. So great that the tradition has been kept. Thanks for sharing. The video is impressive.
JohanM said
on 6/25/2007 The video is dope! Now your article is top of the line!