# Another cool thing I didn't know about **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 14, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cool-thing-i-didnt-know-about/426310 "2007-11-14T00:21:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cool-thing-i-didnt-know-about/426310/1 "2007-11-14T00:21:58Z")
The [Haka](http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3497201n) in football warmups. Lots more vid at [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=haka&search=Search). ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cool-thing-i-didnt-know-about/426310/2 "2007-11-14T00:31:54Z")
Why is a Texas team named for a Hellenistic culture doing a Maori war dance? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cool-thing-i-didnt-know-about/426310/3 "2007-11-14T00:35:34Z")
[New Zealand](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zvs4T4RU30) (the ‘All Blacks’) and some of the [Pacific Island rugby teams](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLvKdSAloAQ) 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). ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cool-thing-i-didnt-know-about/426310/4 "2007-11-14T00:50:27Z")
[QUOTE=Oslo Ostragoth] The [Haka](http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3497201n) in football warmups. Lots more vid at [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=haka&search=Search). [/QUOTE] The NZ All Blacks do the best version of that haka - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdJ1Z\_rw2wY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdJ1Z_rw2wY) and for those who want to do it themselves - [http://www.newzealand.com/travel/app\_templates/haka/index\_content.html](http://www.newzealand.com/travel/app_templates/haka/index_content.html) ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cool-thing-i-didnt-know-about/426310/5 "2007-11-14T01:03:24Z")
[Scottish haka](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmy6OaZEAhE). ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cool-thing-i-didnt-know-about/426310/6 "2007-11-14T01:06:44Z")
[QUOTE=Aesiron] Why is a Texas team named for a Hellenistic culture doing a Maori war dance? [/QUOTE] Lots of Tongans working at DFW airport, their kids playing high school football. If anybody can find more CBS video, the story is great. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cool-thing-i-didnt-know-about/426310/7 "2007-11-14T01:13:33Z")
[QUOTE=aruvqan] and for those who want to do it themselves - [http://www.newzealand.com/travel/app\_templates/haka/index\_content.html](http://www.newzealand.com/travel/app_templates/haka/index_content.html) [/QUOTE] Excellent. I think I’ll lay a little Haka on the guys and girl before the Poker game Thursday night. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cool-thing-i-didnt-know-about/426310/8 "2007-11-14T01:36:24Z")
[QUOTE=Oslo Ostragoth] [Scottish haka](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmy6OaZEAhE). [/QUOTE] I think the England team should jump on the haka bandwagon and do [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol5Dfs7jqFI) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cool-thing-i-didnt-know-about/426310/9 "2007-11-14T05:32:20Z")
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’. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cool-thing-i-didnt-know-about/426310/10 "2007-11-14T07:13:19Z")
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](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urVdmtSSOUM) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cool-thing-i-didnt-know-about/426310/11 "2007-11-14T12:07:39Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] 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’. [/QUOTE] 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](http://www.thecelticcroft.com/Kilts/economy_kilt_caber_03.jpg)… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cool-thing-i-didnt-know-about/426310/12 "2007-11-14T12:19:08Z")
[Tongan and New Zealand](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eGCsEQ15L4) hakas. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cool-thing-i-didnt-know-about/426310/13 "2007-11-14T20:29:27Z")
[There’s some controversy about BYU teams doing the haka before games.](http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695209541,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cool-thing-i-didnt-know-about/426310/14 "2007-11-16T01:41:08Z")
[QUOTE=Darth Sensitive] 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](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urVdmtSSOUM) [/QUOTE] Thanks for the link - I found several vids of the high school haka: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtKMEVRyySs&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtKMEVRyySs&feature=related) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIcmImuUedY&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIcmImuUedY&feature=related) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d4JnvX2bb0&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d4JnvX2bb0&feature=related) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1h2nvSiOY4&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1h2nvSiOY4&feature=related) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8VUbjcj7pM&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8VUbjcj7pM&feature=related) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFLV0Wvwf4Q&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFLV0Wvwf4Q&feature=related) (same guys?) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9\_6s-EBxy6o&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_6s-EBxy6o&feature=related)