War Dance

It is true that we all get inspired; it’s something that happens to us sooner or later. I didn’t find something that inspired me to the fullest till I turned 16 years old. On the islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, New Zealand we all do something we call the Warrior War Dance. Many call it the Haka, but each culture has its own name and style of execution of it. Warriors back in the days used to do it before a war or cry for help, now it is used mostly in the beginning of any rugby match against the opponent you are about to face. The Haka is done in a group and the point of it is to remind the warrior the reason he is fighting and to pump them up to preform there best. I knew the Fijians do a Cibi (our form of the Haka) but I never truly heard about the New Zealand one to it. The Mouri are the ones that came up with this idea, and the New Zealand rugby team is well known for their Haka. I saw it on TV ones and it got me so pumped up that I went online searching about it. I learned the meaning and why they do it. I am fascinated by my island background and the Haka is a part of every islander. What got to me about the New Zealand war dance was there style, they slapped, threatened, punched and everything. It seem so great and empowering that I did it before every football game. The Haka has been around for generations now, and it will live on as longs as the tribal culture lives. I have seen boys young and old men do it when the time comes for it to done. Here in California there is a large island community, all the islanders I have met have done the Haka or know about it and that makes me proud because even those not even born on the islands still know there roots.