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Question about haka (feddit.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey, I´m a music teacher from Germany. As part of each lesson I show my students musical (and music-like) traditions from all ages and places, and let them guess where and when this music was created. A while ago I´ve shown them a haka of the All Blacks, first audio only so they could guess, then with the video. Since then, a group of 11 year olds is constantly asking me if we could perform a haka in the group. I myself would not be opposed to doing so, but I would want to do it with the necessary respect. So I thought I´d come here to ask: Would you find it disrespectful if a group of german children and their teacher performed a haka? If the responses here are positive, I´d follow this Wikihow for the actual performance. Thanks in advance for any responses.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

Not if you teach the history of it, the meaning and perform it with your heart in the right place.

Before 86 the all blacks performed the haka in a token way, it was Hika Reed and Wayne Shelford that campaigned to teach the players the true meanings and transformed it into the hair standing on end war challenge you see today. You could show them videos of before and after too show them what real commitment to it is.

Also teach that every tribe and these days most high schools have their own with their own messages. What would your Schools values be captured in a haka if you had your own version?