New Zealand Tall Blacks Haka Explained
I never knew that the new Zealand basketball teams nickname was the tall blacks but I love it
Wait till you know what our badminton team is called
Average Blacks?
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The wording in the other post about the US team being “forced to watch” is so weird
Honestly was a disgusting thread. Just shows how uncultured Redditors really are when they pretend they are a bunch of intellectuals. Even having grown up in Hawaii the haka was present at things like graduation, sports games, etc.
People on Reddit are miserable. They see a culture doing something that celebrates their culture and is fun and get upset about it because they gotta be contrarians.
How many “opponents” have been “forced to liste tk the US national anthem?
It was very weird and disrespectful, intentionally i’m sure
Is the national anthem played before every international competition regardless of who the host nation is?
And gets played for both countries playing.
I think USA is the only anthem I’ve heard played, when they aren’t even competing in the game. Like the world cup.
It’s actually disgraceful
It was such a fucked up imperialist take and the amount of people supporting it in the comments was disgusting
The best part of haka discussions are the people who demonstrate their enlightened views on differing cultures by singling out a culture and disparaging it as inferior. Kills me every time lol
Some cultures are inferior, like those that think gays should be executed. Disparaging culture is part of culture, so your comment is a paradox like being against hate.
We’re talking about a dance
And with basketball we’re talking about a game
Y’all will say anything cool if we label it indigenous.
Can we bring back pre game human sacrifices if the game is in Mexico City?
Are you volunteering?
I am
Nah y’all go ahead and sign up tho if you’re so desperate to impress others
You are comparing the haka to human sacrifice? Do you hear yourself?
We’re talking about a dance.
Thank you for posting this here.
Thanks for the video.
But I can guarantee every time the haka is posted, it’ll be the same idiots talking about ‘its cringe’ or about “it doesn’t work’ or some other dumb shit.
It’s 100% cringe, they’re not some fucking group of tribal warriors, they’re a tiny island nation.
Like yeah man, cool scream and make weird faces while everyone just watches in awkward silence, this was soo necessary.
It’s literally only cool in rugby and only because they’re good at rugby. Looks fucking ridiculous doing that shit and then you get waxed by team USA, you need to be medaling if you’re going to do all that extra shit
Its called culture, its not cringe at all. Is it necessary for the Tall Blacks to perform the Haka? No. Do they want to perform it because they take pride in there culture and where there from? Yes. Does the outcome of the game depict whether the Haka is necessary? No. Is your take on this childish? Yes.
Pretty sure the guys screaming and making weird faces are closer to being childish than the people that correctly point out it’s embarrassing.
Just because you label it culture doesn’t mean it’s not lame as shit, my culture hates gays and women you don’t see me going on about how cool and justified it is.
No one even saying they shouldn’t be able to do it, but you guys are sooo desperate to police people’s opinions of it that it makes it even funnier
I’d say having to risk bankruptcy for a routine doctor / hospital visit is pretty cringe, but that’s just my opinion.
Expecting Americans to understand and respect other cultures is a losing battle.
Fucking Canadian saying this when y’all just larp our politics and pretend to be more French than the French is so funny
You dorks had truckers for trump in fucking Canada, could you be more obsessed
Raptors fan status revoked, don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. It’ll cost you years of hospital debt.
But…. you’re a Raptors fan? Je comprends pas!
So there’s this thing called the Internet that lets people from one place learn about things in other places.
I liked dinosaurs as a kid, I didn’t sign up for Canadian citizenship, and I’m pretty fucking sure my flair isn’t team Canada
Nah, just it’s a lot cooler doing it before a rugby match and winning, or on the floor of parliment over environmental legislation is badass. Doing it before losing to Team USA basketball by 30 points 10 years ago was performative. Seems like a beautiful and powerful tradition that should be reserved for certain situations and appreciate the explanation though.
🙏🏻,
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Americans should love performative bullshit though.
“Performative”, while America and Canada (because of American influence) are the only places in the world that play the national anthem before non-international sporting events, lol. Same country that needs an 80 foot flag to show off before a regular season football game 😅. Thanks for validating my point.
only white Americans are disrespectful of other people’s cultures. the POC players on Team USA loved experiencing the Haka
only white Americans are disrespectful of other people’s cultures.
Bless your heart…
As a foreigner, watching their Hakas before games are hyping me as well. Respect.
Americans experiencing another culture not their own, be like “wut?”
Sorry, if this is what it is, why is it performed AT the opposing team?
It’s just basketball mate, this isn’t Syria.
Anyone who’s ever been on a football field and had a team full of Samoans doing the haka understand how intimidating a Haka can be
the american education system was a mistake
Dumb
This shit IS dorky.
Tall Blacks, All Blacks, Ball Sacks, Butt Cracks
You’re missing the nz badminton team. The Black Cox.
Downvoted for OP calling them the Tall Blacks