war dance

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In rugby union, regulations prevent opposing teams crossing the halfway line while New Zealand are performing the Maori war dance.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2024

The haka, the ceremonial war dance or challenge, is perhaps the best-known Māori cultural touchstone outside New Zealand, due to its use by the All Blacks, the country’s three-time World Cup-champion rugby team.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2023

Movement director Jonathan Goddard is in more of a haka mood, he says, before briefly demonstrating the Maori war dance.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023

In 2001 we started a partnership with a company there and the first time I visited, some of the staff did a war dance and presented me with the club.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2016

Worsley gave a lecture on New Zealand and taught several volunteers the Maori war dance, the haka.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong