Yay for Kiwis
The Edinburgh Military Tattoo was on TV this afternoon. After hearing the introduction for the New Zealanders I had to go in a watch. So brilliant. Apparently they did this routine in 2006 - I found it on YouTube. The first couple of minutes are fairly routine but after that - so classic.
If you're wondering what the chant thing is that they do, it's called The Haaka. It's a traditional war chant thing that the Maori's use to intimidate their opponents by showing the fierceness/strength of their arms, legs, eyes and tongue. (I think the tongue part of it has to do with the cannibal history of the Maori, but I could be way off mark with that.)
I've only ever seen them do the Haaka on the football field before.
Click to viewIf you're wondering what the chant thing is that they do, it's called The Haaka. It's a traditional war chant thing that the Maori's use to intimidate their opponents by showing the fierceness/strength of their arms, legs, eyes and tongue. (I think the tongue part of it has to do with the cannibal history of the Maori, but I could be way off mark with that.)
I've only ever seen them do the Haaka on the football field before.