Kia ora, In todays peroid of music we are going to research the history and backstory of The known “dance” in Maori called the Haka
What is Haka?:
A Haka is an traditional performance Maori. Haka can have respect but also fear in the Haka which forms into an “dance” of being mighty and highly and showing the respect you want to give to your opposition.
When did the haka start?:
Haka started around 1820 by Nagti Toa chief the Ruaparaha
Why did the haka begin?:
The Haka started in the spirit world taking us back to when earth was created when Papatuanuku and Ranginui were separated by there son called Tane-mahuta as years go by after that the sun leader named Tama nui te ra the ruler of the sun and then we have he’s summer wife called Hine raumati when they had an son and named him Tane-rore were then Tane-rore did an “dance” which is an Haka in-front of he’s mum and did physical gestures to make it more physical and fear there is more to the story but as for so we have plenty of more questions to go so we shall go to the next one.
Who were the first people to do the haka publicly:
An group of women did the Haka to trick the enemy chief which is James cook were they did the Haka In front of the Europeans who came to the islands of New Zealand were even the group of women did it to make chief Kae laugh which then exposed he’s crooked teeth so he can be identified and be killed by the Maori next time he shows hes face to the Maori again.
This comes to the end of the blog we are doing I hope the information I have given to you helps the way you see or hear an Haka being performed in the way you used to the Haka is an big impact to the Maori so I’m glad I got to share this with the world and people reading this have an good night or day.