Why is a Texas team named for a Hellenistic culture doing a Maori war dance?
New Zealand (the ‘All Blacks’) and some of the Pacific Island rugby teams do a war dance before international rugby matches.
After the filming of the Lord of the Rings, the stunt crew did a Haka (as a gesture of respect) for Viggo Mortenson and Bernard Hill (who played Aragorn and Theoden).
The NZ All Blacks do the best version of that haka - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdJ1Z_rw2wY
and for those who want to do it themselves -
Welcome to New Zealand | Official site for Tourism New Zealand
Lots of Tongans working at DFW airport, their kids playing high school football. If anybody can find more CBS video, the story is great.
Excellent. I think I’ll lay a little Haka on the guys and girl before the Poker game Thursday night.
There’s a team called the “All Blacks”? I feel much better about the name of my Indians now…
heh
Question: Do any Scottish teams actually play in kilts? That’d be rockin’.
When I saw “high school”, I knew who it was before seeing the video.
Right - The Euless Trinity Trojans draw largely from the Tongan families who work at DFW. They’re consistently one of the best teams in the state, fast and strong. 2 years ago, they won the 5A division 1 state championship, which is equal in status to the 5A division 2 state championship, won by Southlake Carroll, who dopers interested in football may remember having played Miami Northwestern in a hugely hyped game at the beginning of this season.
Last year, those 2 teams met early in the playoffs. The game with 2 defending state champs was the 1st game of a triple header at Texas Stadium. The official attendance was 46,339 taken at half-time. However, they filled the stadium, with people bein unable to get into the parking lot due to few gates being open. Unofficial estimates placed the crowd at about 55K. I wish I could have been there, silly Thanksgiving with the family.
They’re the focus of the gatorade ad that has the bus driving past Bill Parcells in a toll booth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urVdmtSSOUM
The All Black name probably comes from the colour of the player’s kit. Apart from a silver fern symbol, it’s … all black.
Scottish sports teams play in shorts.
Now you can see a man in a kilt tossing a caber… :eek:
Thanks for the link - I found several vids of the high school haka:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFLV0Wvwf4Q&feature=related (same guys?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_6s-EBxy6o&feature=related