USELESS FACT OF THE DAY

[hokey78]

You know the New Zealand All Blacks' Haka? The Maori war dance they do before the match?

Well, the tradition started as early as 1887 and loosely translated, the current Haka means

"Slap your hands together and on your thighs
Look out the hairy man who makes the sun shine is coming"

Go figger....

Comments

[reisende]

what's the source of the translation?

from http://allblacks.xtra.co.nz/history/0,,10816,00.html

it's

Ka mate, Ka mate!
It is death, It is death
Ka ora, Ka ora!
It is life, It is life

Ka mate, Ka mate!
It is death, It is death
Ka ora, Ka ora!
It is life, It is life

Tenei te tangata puhuruhuru
This is the man above me
Nana i tiki mai whakawhiti te ra!
Who enabled me to live

A hupane, kaupane
As I climb up step by step
A hupane, kaupane whiti te ra!
Towards sunlight
Hi!

[hokey78]

hmmm yours sounds much better

[eew]

Heh... I've seen the hairy man translation one before... guess everyone has their own interpretation :)

But I think the Haka's just plain cool! Who cares what it means anyway! hahaha