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

But the repeated grunting on every shot is as unsportsmanlike as doing a war dance after every winner.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2018

Accomplished ballroom dancers, sluggards who knew neither traditional nor Western dancing, all joined in the indlamu, the traditional Zulu war dance.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela