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
In rugby union, regulations prevent opposing teams crossing the halfway line while New Zealand are performing the Maori war dance.
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
