How The Haka Is Used Today

The New Zealand Rugby team performing the Haka

The New Zealand Soldiers performing the Haka

Haka nowadays has been used by sporting teams such as their own national rugby team, The New Zealand All Blacks. The Modern All Blacks perform Haka with passion and pride. They have reclaimed and mystique attached to this traditional art form and in the process, it also increase its recognition as an identifier of New Zealand. Today, the New Zealand army also has its own unique Haka, opened and ended by female soldier, acknowledging their special place in the force. The Haka also has become an unique form of expression because there are many New Zealanders living overseas and it is likely that they will engage in performing the Haka dance in foreign countries. New Zealand government usually request Haka group to perform in front of other countries' delegate. These are some of the ways that Haka is being internationalised.


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