How do you envision dances/roars? 07/25/2007 09:13 PM CDT
How do you envision dances and roars?

A culture/people group that I find interesting are the Maori. For those who don't know, the Maori are the cindigenous people of New Zealand. They're Polynesians, ethnically speaking. Culturally and linguistically, they're closely akin to places like Hawai'i and Fiji. Anyway, the Maori have a strong tradition of what they call haka , or challenge . The New Zealand rugby team, the All Blacks, perform one of several Haka before every game. Link below of the NZ rugby team (first link) peforming Haka "I te timatanga" (In The Beginning),

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHW1K2LeQXE

The crew of HMNZS Te Mana (a frigate in the NZ navy) performing a haka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW6qfEDMXcs&NR=1

Tokyo-based Haka group associated with the NZ embassy to Japan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HHi-ntT4ZA

..so. Do you envision dances or roars to be anything like this?

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Re: How do you envision dances/roars? 07/25/2007 11:01 PM CDT
Wow, that was awesome, thanks for sharing.

Those guys are definitely on a higher level of awareness, the blood's definitely flowing. I don't think I'd relate it to a Barbarian dance, as I think those are more of a meditative action, more zen.

Maybe in preparation for roaring, even though roars are instant mechanics-wise, I could see a short version of something like that.

Intense stuff.


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Re: How do you envision dances/roars? 07/26/2007 12:55 AM CDT
Yeah. In I te timatanga , actually, the translation hints at the 'higher level of awareness'.

*Te Reo Maori* (The Maori Language) above, English below

I te timatanga
Ko te Kore
There was nothing
Ko te po nui
The great darkness
Ko te po roa
The long darkness
Wehenga Matua
Herenga Tangata
He toa Rangatahi
He toa Rangatira
Whakaki te Maunga
Tae ki te Whenua
Hoki ki te Rangi
Tae ki te Pukerunga
Piki ake piki ake
Ki te ara Poutama
Ki nga Taumatatanga e
*Wairua, Hinengaro, Tinana*

English

In the beginning
there was nothing
the big darkness
the long darkness
the separation of Rangi and Papa
formed man/people
formation of young warriors
formation of young chiefs
if you aim for the mountains
you will hit the plains
if you aim for the sky
you will hit the mountain peaks
climb up, thrive
to the pathway of knowledge
to achieve excellence
*spiritually, mentally, physically*

Wairua = spirit
Hinengaro = mind, thought, intellect, consciousness, awareness.
Tinana = Body, trunk of a tree

Tursavidus,
Makime,
~Player of,
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