war dance
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Their promotional video shows Māori performing a traditional poi dance and the haka, a ceremonial war dance, as project leaders laud the “complete partnership” between Māori and Colossal Biosciences.
From Slate • Aug. 8, 2025
When Samoa's rugby league team performed a traditional war dance, the Siva Tau, before their first Test against England last Sunday, the players became involved in an intense standoff.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2024
The haka, the ceremonial war dance or challenge, is perhaps the best-known Māori cultural touchstone outside New Zealand, due to its use by the All Blacks, the country’s three-time World Cup-champion rugby team.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2023
Movement director Jonathan Goddard is in more of a haka mood, he says, before briefly demonstrating the Maori war dance.
From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023
Worsley gave a lecture on New Zealand and taught several volunteers the Maori war dance, the haka.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
