Every November the "Turanganui Schools' Maori Culture Festival" is held. Most kindergartens and schools have a 'Kapa Haka' group. Kapa Haka means Maori songs and dance.
This year, for the first time, my children's school sent a group of five and six year olds. It was an exciting day for Thom! He was a little nervous before the event. Here are a couple of short videos I took. The first one is a 'Taiaha' drill. A Taiaha is a traditional Maori weapon. The second video is a 'waiata'. Waiata is the Maori word for song.
Every week I play the guitar for a school where I used to teach. We had two performances last week at school and we are performing at the festival tomorrow and Thursday. It has been very busy with practices. I will see if I can get some video of our performance too!
Thank you for sharing these videos! I love Haka especially that children dance. You are preserving Maori culture. It is a great thing.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw the real Haka at the theater in Maori village, I was moved a lot.
They are proud of their way of living.
I also like all black's Haka.
It's a great performance ever.
Tell Thom-kun that he was great and cool!
Thank you for this topic. I enjoyed these adorable dance's video.
ReplyDeleteIt's really interesting to learn culture from your blog. Thank you so much.
Have a nice festival day, tomorrow! :)
Thank you Aiさん, I'm sure Thom enjoyed giving you a private performance!
ReplyDeleteThank you too Yukieさん、today will be a long day! We don't perform until about 7.00 pm. Then tomorrow morning at about 10.00 am. I will be relieved when it is over!! I posted a video of my group on the bottom on the facebook thread.