This is wrong, ka mate is a maori haka, I very much doubt there are any maori at byu, if they want to do something like this to reflect the polynesians in the side they need to do a war dance which represents them, ie for Tongans the Sipi Tau, or the Samoan Siva Tau or the Fijian Cibi
@Zanymane You are one with some odd misinformations. Anyway, something you have to understand, it's a football team. Also, about half the people that go to BYU are Mormon, not all. Why do you want them not to? Also, the main reason they do it is because such a large number of the players on the team are from Tonga.
I dnt understand why a American football team wld claim something that is one of a cultures icon and a countries pride as a ok thing to do before all of their games.The Haka isnt all Rugby, Our Military do it, Our Army, Navy, Police Force Do it, all our sports teams do it, from country teams to National, All schools have a Kapa Haka. We have School haka Comps, we do it at Funerals, Births, Birthdays, Weddings, Graduations, pretty much for Everyting. The Haka is the New Zealand People!!
The team was asked to do this in respect for the father of a player who is Maori that had passed away.
If anyone takes issue with it you take issue with the player then.
God and family above all else. If a fellow teammate, friend, and therefore brother asked me to do this out of respect for his father I'd be so honored.
And so all of you who take issue with it... so what? Take a hike.
This is wrong. Even if their whole team was samoan, this is not a samoan war dance. This is a maori tradition, and it should be left for them to do. Americans manage to once again get it oh so wrong..
Wow.... This haka looked pretty sad huh, just leave it to the all blacks and new Zealand do the rea passionate haka... People who actually knows what it means and also it's history
@hakaboy6924 so u saying Samoans can't do ur self proclaimed haka? Do u know a Samoan all black who has led kapo o pango? Or even ka mate? Should all Polynesians in the AB's sit it out while piri weepu hosea gear Liam messam etc do it on their own? Think about it mate!! Ka mate is used all over new Zealand! Their are kids in the BYU team that are from here, heck even some of the poly boys are from here in NZ! so dnt be a dick about this mate!! Bloody hell!!
Samoans do not do the Ka Mate Haka as stated Samoa does the Manu Siva Tau. Ka Mate is specific to Aotearoa and is performed by the all blacks with permission from the tribe Ngato Toa tribe. Any Samoan who tells you this belongs to the people of Polynesia is wrong and this is no way to perform Ka Mate. You plagiarize my culture and bastardize my language. You want a haka to be proud of be men and write your own that means something specific to yourself dont't get on you tube and download mine
BYU was the first of the major NCAA teams on the mainland to recruit polynesians. Norm Chow, now UCLA's offensive co-ordinator, is part polynesian and a Hawaii native started it back in the 1970's. BYU had produce a pronunciation guide because of all the Samoan, Tongan, Tahician, Hawaiian and other nationalities they brought to the mainland. BYU is proud of their polynesian heritage. Now we have greats like Troy Palamalu, Jr. Seau and many others who's names I can't spell due to BYU.
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Don't understand why everyone keeps asking, "why does BYU do this?" blah blah blah. do you not see the loads of comments explaining why they do the haka?? Also, considering a good half of the team is polynesian I'm pretty sure they have a right do whatever freaking dance they want.
As a performer and expert of the Haka with a deep understanding of it and being of Maori descent i can say that i am proud of the fact that this team are doing it. They revere this haka and hold it in high esteem. They respect it. As long as they dont abuse it like making commercials or making money from it. It must be for themselves and themselves alone. Haka is not mainly for intimidation, more so for the group doing it to prepare themselves for an awe inspiring performance.
I wish football hakas would be like rugby where they stand directly opposite of their opponents, instead of just doing it randomly facing the crowd or something.
There should be culktural laws against any Americans doing any kind of traditional Maori hakas, especially football teams. What's next some UFC homos doing it?
wow i have red a few comments on here and i think its a bit sad how everyone has responded! i know people might be thinking negative thoughts about this, but honestly we should be proud that another culture admires the maori heritage! ka pai fellas! did a mean job on it!
ok this aint perfect but shit out of all the usless americans doin the haka i gotta say they have done a bloody good job still need to work on it but way better compared to those other ones! teno pai cuz
@spiderchimp like how england owns your useless land. im so sick and tired of these dark skin limeys talking shit. If nz gets into a crisses, who do you guys rely on?? enough said
@eatshitduckies your the country in crisis!!! who puts this whole world in financial crisis..America!cuz there broke arse greedy fukheads!and who has to support America in the war? nearly all the western world!cuz they cant scrap 4 shit,and their gana lose anyway. dark skined limey....haha,go say that to your president fukstick.. has to be a dark skin to run ur fukt up country cuz u white trash cant even run ur personal lives..and england dont own us... we own them fool!
@eatshitduckies not USA. We rely on ourselves and the Aussies. Ur country send wittless young men to a war where u r the invaders. Ur soldiers dont know n e thing outside their own state. They think the world is the USA. lol. There is a lot your army needs from us for your countries effort in mid-east. Enuf sed about that. N e way, USA started as an English colony outpost. In fact most of the western world exists because of england.
@KAHUNAGAN well our soldiers can type better english than you because obviously anyone can and the USA liberated its self from English control. It was a colony just because it was English people escaping the religious oppression and England say a way to make profit.
@catthtlndsonback They can type better. Is that all you can condure up. I was saving space for typing. U only get 500 characters. I respect anyone who goes to war. Just not the ones who send them with only the basics. They are fighting people who have successfully defended their country 4 thousands of years. USA is only 234 years old. N e way where was ur army when they were needed the most in New Orleans. U can send ur army to the otherside of the world but not in ur own country.
@catthtlndsonback Cant you see. USA is doing exactly what England has been doing for hundreds of years. Only USA has perfected it but paying the price with young vibrant men losing their lives for a cause they think is worth it. But is it really? Thousands of men have died, but how many lives does that affect back home? Have you not learnt your lesson from Vietnam?
@spiderchimp@spiderchimp Dude chill out. why don't you just take it as a compliment that others admire the New Zealand dance enough to do it themselves?
If you're going to have that attitude about it (do your own war dance), then why doesn't your country play it's own sports and not one that originated in England (Rugby)?
I agree with 10448315 about doing the haka in front of the rival team instead of the people and cameras and such. I'm don't have a lick of Tongan or Samoan or Maori blood in me but I do know part of the Haka and have need in preformed many many times, I just need to learn the meaning behind the words.
i wonder how many byu players and the fans know what haka is and what they represent and the story of ka mate.
also, hawaii doesn't have a traditional war dance. they just have chant but they did haka anyway. but now they have come up with their own war dance called ha'a.
@joonthetoon I'm sure many of them do. I've been to a church youth conference and we learned the meaning of the words while we learned the haka. Polynesian culture is a big part of many mormon communities.
pretty much all of them wisecrack. Most of the team is polynesian and its not about what race you are but for the reason youre doing the haka which the BYU players honor.
Son copiones los desgraciados de la "BYU", porque el "haka" es un grito de guerra maori, de nueva zelanda, "new zeland". La idea original es del equipo de "rugby" "all black" de nueva zelanda de utilizar el haka, ustedes solo copian, pero lo hacen muy mal.
Wow. Que chido que aprendes historia y cultura de peliculas como Invictus. Te recomendaria que aprendas un poco mas. Hay muchos jugadores de BYU que son de las islas. Tambien, la Haka se adapto a mas que los maoris y se usa en celebraciones en las diferentes islas.
No aprendas cultura de las peliculas, y menos si vas a criticar a los demas.
entonces dile a los idiotas de la universidad de brigham young que ellos no son los "all black", ustedes no juegan "rugby", ustedes no son maories, ustedes juegan esa porqueria ridicula que llaman "american football".
Why does Hawaii do the Haka anyway? It's a Maori dance. BYU had a legitimate excuse to do the dance, because Mahuika's relative was a Maori chief, and he passed away. They did it to honor him. I wish they still did it. It was so impressive to watch.
They do the haka because a player named Bryce Mahuikas dad is in a tribe in newzealand and his dads tribe does the haka alot or something like that.. im probably a little off but its something like that...
B) it's folklore. It's a warcry done before going into battle to intimidate your opponent. Why not do it in front of your opposing team? Specially before a rival match.. Specially when you have poly players.
Im not saying its right or wrong. I understand completely why you New Zealanders would be upset, but i do believe every single one of them understands what it means, maybe its not their heritage but im sure they know the meaning of it. right or wrong, the whole purpose to every FOOTBALL team doing it is to get pumped up, which it can clearly serve that purpose for a team. I personally have no problem with a football team doing it but i do understand why itd upset some.
yeah...thats crazy how prolly bout 95 percent dont know the history or the meaning of what they are doing...its all very strange...i agree...do it right...or not at all...and if there are samoan players...they should also do le manu samoa...just outta respect....
Hey man be thankful they gave you the right to speak their language. I know a few BYU players, past and present. They don't know the history behind it other than that its a Maori war dance and again...RESPECT SAMOA!!! Let the Samoan's do their thing. This is like the UND Fighting Sioux thing.
Im kinda speechless bout this whole thing. As a New Zealander im wondering why an american football team is performing our haka? Samoans are not maori, its not their haka and football? We play rugby. Im LDS aswell but its not a religious thing. Im sooo confused. Fair enuff if they wanted a war dance with their own words, but the actual New Zealand Haka... makes no sense at all.
They had a Maori member on the team when they began the tradition. The player's father had recently passed away and teaching his children the traditional dances had been important to him. There's a decent article on Wikipedia about it called 'Haka performed by Non-New Zealand Sports Teams'
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BYU get real utah did work on your haka you are gay as aids anyone who could possibly thinks this is cool is either retarded or mormon. but in my opinion mormon is another word for retarded.
@NewcastleSam Dude you're wrong,we Samoans don't do the haka; it's a Maori dance. I was born and raised in Samoa, and trust me, no one in Samoa claims the haka to be a Samoan dance. Haka doesn't even exist in our vocabulary. We do the siva tau, which literally means war dance.
I thought Mormons believed that darker skinned people were the spawn of the devil himself. Now they are trying to steal their traditions.... Other than that, I agree with the person below me that called this, "uncomfortably gay." It would not be gay if it was a bunch of Samoans doing it, but come on Mormons... Get real now.
Coach Bronco wanted something that would get the team and the fans excited for the game. Bryce Mahuika started this tradition shortly after his father, a Maori chief, passed away. At his father's funeral Mahuika led the football team in the haka, and had the idea of doing it at the football games, not only as a tribute to is father, who taught Mahuika a deep reverence for the Maori traditions.
well i guess in that case it makes sense... It would have been stupid if they just did it for the hell of it, but as a tribute that's actually kinda cool. I still prefer Hawaii's though
Let them do it..They dont even realise that by taking this sacred NZ tradition they are placing a curse on their heads..they arent from New Zealand..they dont have the right and the mana to do this...they broke tapu...they will not do well...
Haka are performed for various reasons: for amusement, as a hearty welcome to distinguished guests, or to acknowledge great achievements or occasions.
and as florinda90 said bryce mahuika's dad was a maori chief and he passed away. they did it at his funeral and he got the idea of doin at the games. just sayin
WHOOOOOOA dere dude i dought da useless trinity suked...but diz izz WAYYYYYYY WORSE! SHAMMMME! id rather hav trinity do it den dese guys actually id rather hav da all blaks do it! im a tongan american and i live in dat EULESS ITZ ALL BOUT DAT 817 AREA! newayz steo dnt b blamin ALL DA AMERICANZ! SHESSSSH!
byu probably isn't doing the haka this year. im a huge cougar fan and have had season tix since i was one, and number 2, the guy who started the haka at byu was a senior last year and is gone. they wouldn't have anyone to lead it for this year.
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mackinpredatosh 1 week ago
i thought they were mormon
321ian 3 weeks ago
This is wrong, ka mate is a maori haka, I very much doubt there are any maori at byu, if they want to do something like this to reflect the polynesians in the side they need to do a war dance which represents them, ie for Tongans the Sipi Tau, or the Samoan Siva Tau or the Fijian Cibi
KiwiRobbie73 1 month ago
@KiwiRobbie73 agreed
virginiatechfanx 4 weeks ago
@KiwiRobbie73 You are wrong sir... I'm maori and at BYU, and I'm not the only one!
ianmahuika 3 weeks ago
@Zanymane You are one with some odd misinformations. Anyway, something you have to understand, it's a football team. Also, about half the people that go to BYU are Mormon, not all. Why do you want them not to? Also, the main reason they do it is because such a large number of the players on the team are from Tonga.
imapieface 2 months ago
@baaeeleeyroosee98 You want to know why? Because a huge number of the BYU football players come from Tonga. There you go. You got it? Good.
imapieface 2 months ago
I dnt understand why a American football team wld claim something that is one of a cultures icon and a countries pride as a ok thing to do before all of their games.The Haka isnt all Rugby, Our Military do it, Our Army, Navy, Police Force Do it, all our sports teams do it, from country teams to National, All schools have a Kapa Haka. We have School haka Comps, we do it at Funerals, Births, Birthdays, Weddings, Graduations, pretty much for Everyting. The Haka is the New Zealand People!!
baaeeleeyroosee98 4 months ago
We are goin to kick your ass when you come down to Oxford
omrebs22 5 months ago
@omrebs22 lol
byubroncohurricane 1 month ago
I'm sorry but there is only one Haka, and that belongs to the New Zealand All Blacks. Nice try though I do give credit there.
DrummerGuy2409 5 months ago
@DrummerGuy2409 Haka is a cultural thing. There isn't only one.
TheLogan1156 5 months ago
Come on. Give these guys some respect.
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WTF is BYU doing the HAKA for? Thought Mormans were scared of evoking a demon or something with such savagery and barborous activity.
Zanymane 5 months ago
The team was asked to do this in respect for the father of a player who is Maori that had passed away.
If anyone takes issue with it you take issue with the player then.
God and family above all else. If a fellow teammate, friend, and therefore brother asked me to do this out of respect for his father I'd be so honored.
And so all of you who take issue with it... so what? Take a hike.
FierceArc 6 months ago 2
@FierceArc that's not true they do it before every game.
KiwiRobbie73 1 month ago
that is just oh so wrong
k9DaAV 6 months ago
This is wrong. Even if their whole team was samoan, this is not a samoan war dance. This is a maori tradition, and it should be left for them to do. Americans manage to once again get it oh so wrong..
jeremygilson 7 months ago
Wow.... This haka looked pretty sad huh, just leave it to the all blacks and new Zealand do the rea passionate haka... People who actually knows what it means and also it's history
Bowan27 7 months ago
@Bowan27 really any of the pacific islanders, nothing like watching an all black vs samoa or tonga match when they both do their hakas.
bokprop420 5 months ago
Sē ioe shxt if aint maori or polynesian dont do da effen haka ... I aint
Maori but i am samoan nd dese guys look stupid
SuperSole67 8 months ago
@SuperSole67 i'm sorry i couldn't understand you. can you please try again and use something other then gibberish?
bokprop420 5 months ago
This is why i want to play at BYU
mrcenter53 9 months ago
horrible
BautistaBeats 10 months ago
that guy has big hands...
rosselhauff 10 months ago
@hakaboy6924 so u saying Samoans can't do ur self proclaimed haka? Do u know a Samoan all black who has led kapo o pango? Or even ka mate? Should all Polynesians in the AB's sit it out while piri weepu hosea gear Liam messam etc do it on their own? Think about it mate!! Ka mate is used all over new Zealand! Their are kids in the BYU team that are from here, heck even some of the poly boys are from here in NZ! so dnt be a dick about this mate!! Bloody hell!!
mrbolochopsuey 11 months ago
YAYEAH!
LUaKMa2 11 months ago
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Samoanreflex 11 months ago
aoetearoa
Samoanreflex 11 months ago
Samoans do not do the Ka Mate Haka as stated Samoa does the Manu Siva Tau. Ka Mate is specific to Aotearoa and is performed by the all blacks with permission from the tribe Ngato Toa tribe. Any Samoan who tells you this belongs to the people of Polynesia is wrong and this is no way to perform Ka Mate. You plagiarize my culture and bastardize my language. You want a haka to be proud of be men and write your own that means something specific to yourself dont't get on you tube and download mine
hakaboy6924 11 months ago
@Aztlan If it were not for college football there wouldn't be an NFL because all great players start at college
Samoanreflex 1 year ago
BYU was the first of the major NCAA teams on the mainland to recruit polynesians. Norm Chow, now UCLA's offensive co-ordinator, is part polynesian and a Hawaii native started it back in the 1970's. BYU had produce a pronunciation guide because of all the Samoan, Tongan, Tahician, Hawaiian and other nationalities they brought to the mainland. BYU is proud of their polynesian heritage. Now we have greats like Troy Palamalu, Jr. Seau and many others who's names I can't spell due to BYU.
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imationqwest 1 year ago
fuck college football. NFL is where its at.
Aztlan1810 1 year ago
BYU SUCKS HAAHAHAHAHA
jkjk1009 1 year ago
COOOLL
ninjasasin 1 year ago
You guys are stupid. There are so many Polynesians on this team haha
xX3DG4meXx 1 year ago
I cringe every time I see another country doing the Maori haka. They just look like fools.
I am embarrassed for them. Please stop stealing our culture!!!
nicolejana6 1 year ago
@nicolejana6 WELL SAID BUT THEN AGAIN THE AMERICANS AND THE EUROPEANS STEAL EVERYTHING AND MAKE IT THEIR OWN.
modify91 1 year ago
This is so freaking disrespectful.
09coryWarren 1 year ago
Don't understand why everyone keeps asking, "why does BYU do this?" blah blah blah. do you not see the loads of comments explaining why they do the haka?? Also, considering a good half of the team is polynesian I'm pretty sure they have a right do whatever freaking dance they want.
furrymormonguy 1 year ago
@furrymormonguy yeah but don't mess it up or you just look like a poser. This is coming from a slightly flustered kiwi.
09coryWarren 1 year ago
they should keep the white guys out
mapexmaster25 1 year ago
As a performer and expert of the Haka with a deep understanding of it and being of Maori descent i can say that i am proud of the fact that this team are doing it. They revere this haka and hold it in high esteem. They respect it. As long as they dont abuse it like making commercials or making money from it. It must be for themselves and themselves alone. Haka is not mainly for intimidation, more so for the group doing it to prepare themselves for an awe inspiring performance.
KAHUNAGAN 1 year ago
I wish football hakas would be like rugby where they stand directly opposite of their opponents, instead of just doing it randomly facing the crowd or something.
diallofred 1 year ago
There should be culktural laws against any Americans doing any kind of traditional Maori hakas, especially football teams. What's next some UFC homos doing it?
citychiro 1 year ago
@citychiro you do realize a great portion of the BYU football team are polynesian, right?
catthtlndsonback 1 year ago
samoans do the siva tau
tongans do the kailao or the sipa tau
4ourti6ix 1 year ago
no they dont they do a sipi tau
WaikatoMaori828 1 year ago
Gives me goosebumps every time I see it. It's even better in person, in the stadium. <33333
Dennlovely 1 year ago
Too bad their doing it wrong!
SweepxThexLeg 1 year ago
@SweepxThexLeg there are many forms of the haka... you understand that right? just like how samoans have like 3 different siva tau.
TheAndrew1007 1 year ago
We are whanau of the Mahuikas and are saddened by thier loss, kia kaha !
@newcastleSam Samoans do not do a HAKA not in the slightest.
tarnishedsassiness 1 year ago
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mdttmec 1 year ago
wow i have red a few comments on here and i think its a bit sad how everyone has responded! i know people might be thinking negative thoughts about this, but honestly we should be proud that another culture admires the maori heritage! ka pai fellas! did a mean job on it!
crankdatwat 1 year ago
haka looks mean in football pads!!!
drewmillz1 1 year ago
ok this aint perfect but shit out of all the usless americans doin the haka i gotta say they have done a bloody good job still need to work on it but way better compared to those other ones! teno pai cuz
Harpeyz666 1 year ago
@Harpeyz666 Are all Kiwi's an ASSH*LE are you the only one!
schs1977 1 year ago
fukn americans! do ur own native indian war dance! not ours! just cuz we own the world in rugby!
spiderchimp 1 year ago
@spiderchimp like how england owns your useless land. im so sick and tired of these dark skin limeys talking shit. If nz gets into a crisses, who do you guys rely on?? enough said
eatshitduckies 1 year ago
@eatshitduckies your the country in crisis!!! who puts this whole world in financial crisis..America!cuz there broke arse greedy fukheads!and who has to support America in the war? nearly all the western world!cuz they cant scrap 4 shit,and their gana lose anyway. dark skined limey....haha,go say that to your president fukstick.. has to be a dark skin to run ur fukt up country cuz u white trash cant even run ur personal lives..and england dont own us... we own them fool!
spiderchimp 1 year ago
@eatshitduckies not USA. We rely on ourselves and the Aussies. Ur country send wittless young men to a war where u r the invaders. Ur soldiers dont know n e thing outside their own state. They think the world is the USA. lol. There is a lot your army needs from us for your countries effort in mid-east. Enuf sed about that. N e way, USA started as an English colony outpost. In fact most of the western world exists because of england.
KAHUNAGAN 1 year ago
@KAHUNAGAN well our soldiers can type better english than you because obviously anyone can and the USA liberated its self from English control. It was a colony just because it was English people escaping the religious oppression and England say a way to make profit.
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KAHUNAGAN 1 year ago
@catthtlndsonback They can type better. Is that all you can condure up. I was saving space for typing. U only get 500 characters. I respect anyone who goes to war. Just not the ones who send them with only the basics. They are fighting people who have successfully defended their country 4 thousands of years. USA is only 234 years old. N e way where was ur army when they were needed the most in New Orleans. U can send ur army to the otherside of the world but not in ur own country.
KAHUNAGAN 1 year ago
@catthtlndsonback Cant you see. USA is doing exactly what England has been doing for hundreds of years. Only USA has perfected it but paying the price with young vibrant men losing their lives for a cause they think is worth it. But is it really? Thousands of men have died, but how many lives does that affect back home? Have you not learnt your lesson from Vietnam?
KAHUNAGAN 1 year ago
@spiderchimp @spiderchimp Dude chill out. why don't you just take it as a compliment that others admire the New Zealand dance enough to do it themselves?
If you're going to have that attitude about it (do your own war dance), then why doesn't your country play it's own sports and not one that originated in England (Rugby)?
AnaheimAngels24 1 year ago
@AnaheimAngels24 they created it..we perfected it
spiderchimp 1 year ago
@spiderchimp Right on :). I know the All Blacks are great in Rugby.
AnaheimAngels24 1 year ago
@spiderchimp is that why we havent won the world cup since 1987?
KAHUNAGAN 1 year ago
I agree with 10448315 about doing the haka in front of the rival team instead of the people and cameras and such. I'm don't have a lick of Tongan or Samoan or Maori blood in me but I do know part of the Haka and have need in preformed many many times, I just need to learn the meaning behind the words.
Texas2Ohioandback 2 years ago
dude this is BS their doin New Zelands haka
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MubedaHulofo 2 years ago
well at least there is one player with Maori ancestry, out of a field full of albinos and fobs.
kaiwhatu 2 years ago
i wonder how many byu players and the fans know what haka is and what they represent and the story of ka mate.
also, hawaii doesn't have a traditional war dance. they just have chant but they did haka anyway. but now they have come up with their own war dance called ha'a.
joonthetoon 2 years ago
@joonthetoon I'm sure many of them do. I've been to a church youth conference and we learned the meaning of the words while we learned the haka. Polynesian culture is a big part of many mormon communities.
GrizzlyBlue5791 2 years ago
oh ok. in that case it makes sense.
joonthetoon 2 years ago
@joonthetoon
pretty much all of them wisecrack. Most of the team is polynesian and its not about what race you are but for the reason youre doing the haka which the BYU players honor.
furrymormonguy 1 year ago
@proudspeaker your a fucking idiot, hawai'i doesnt do the haka. they preform their own version called ha'a, get a clue you douche.
TheBurnwitme 2 years ago
que son copiones estos desgraciados.
franmina2007 2 years ago
copiones de que?
PuyARUS 2 years ago
Son copiones los desgraciados de la "BYU", porque el "haka" es un grito de guerra maori, de nueva zelanda, "new zeland". La idea original es del equipo de "rugby" "all black" de nueva zelanda de utilizar el haka, ustedes solo copian, pero lo hacen muy mal.
franmina2007 2 years ago
Wow. Que chido que aprendes historia y cultura de peliculas como Invictus. Te recomendaria que aprendas un poco mas. Hay muchos jugadores de BYU que son de las islas. Tambien, la Haka se adapto a mas que los maoris y se usa en celebraciones en las diferentes islas.
No aprendas cultura de las peliculas, y menos si vas a criticar a los demas.
10448315 2 years ago
entonces dile a los idiotas de la universidad de brigham young que ellos no son los "all black", ustedes no juegan "rugby", ustedes no son maories, ustedes juegan esa porqueria ridicula que llaman "american football".
franmina2007 2 years ago
their are more Hawaiians on the BYU team so why not do the haka?
MANOWAR102693 2 years ago
Why does Hawaii do the Haka anyway? It's a Maori dance. BYU had a legitimate excuse to do the dance, because Mahuika's relative was a Maori chief, and he passed away. They did it to honor him. I wish they still did it. It was so impressive to watch.
ProudSpeakerofWhale 2 years ago
what the hell BYU is so gay HAWAII does the haka
MrPurplepanda 2 years ago
posers.....
fedtc 2 years ago
They do the haka because a player named Bryce Mahuikas dad is in a tribe in newzealand and his dads tribe does the haka alot or something like that.. im probably a little off but its something like that...
MrPiedPyper 2 years ago 2
is BYU trying to make fun of Hawaii
Kamakazi242012 2 years ago
A) not HAWAII.
B) it's folklore. It's a warcry done before going into battle to intimidate your opponent. Why not do it in front of your opposing team? Specially before a rival match.. Specially when you have poly players.
10448315 2 years ago
I was just saying since Hawaii does this too and we kinda had a rivalry going on earlier in the decade.
Kamakazi242012 2 years ago
Haka is Maorian, not samoa or any other culture...the rest is all biters.
sM00d95 2 years ago
@sM00d95 buwahaaahaha. Havent heard that one b4."Maorian" hahaahahahahaha. Thats a good one!!! I will refer to myself as maorian from now on!!!
Its Maori cuzzy!!! Nothing more "just maori!"
KAHUNAGAN 1 year ago
Im not saying its right or wrong. I understand completely why you New Zealanders would be upset, but i do believe every single one of them understands what it means, maybe its not their heritage but im sure they know the meaning of it. right or wrong, the whole purpose to every FOOTBALL team doing it is to get pumped up, which it can clearly serve that purpose for a team. I personally have no problem with a football team doing it but i do understand why itd upset some.
michigancb 2 years ago
yeah...thats crazy how prolly bout 95 percent dont know the history or the meaning of what they are doing...its all very strange...i agree...do it right...or not at all...and if there are samoan players...they should also do le manu samoa...just outta respect....
ladynajera21 2 years ago
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"prolly bout 95 percent."??? great factual statement right there.
furrymormonguy 1 year ago
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Hey man be thankful they gave you the right to speak their language. I know a few BYU players, past and present. They don't know the history behind it other than that its a Maori war dance and again...RESPECT SAMOA!!! Let the Samoan's do their thing. This is like the UND Fighting Sioux thing.
ladynajera21 11 months ago
Im kinda speechless bout this whole thing. As a New Zealander im wondering why an american football team is performing our haka? Samoans are not maori, its not their haka and football? We play rugby. Im LDS aswell but its not a religious thing. Im sooo confused. Fair enuff if they wanted a war dance with their own words, but the actual New Zealand Haka... makes no sense at all.
KiwiCarnalito 2 years ago
They had a Maori member on the team when they began the tradition. The player's father had recently passed away and teaching his children the traditional dances had been important to him. There's a decent article on Wikipedia about it called 'Haka performed by Non-New Zealand Sports Teams'
straighttoplaid 2 years ago 12
well .
at least they got SOME of the words right .
bet you they just took the kupu off the net : )
SainteDevotchka 2 years ago
BYU fucks shit up!! Anybody hatin on them or the LDS religion can suck a dick!! Ya digg??
SkeetSkeet2426 2 years ago
@SkeetSkeet2426 = The epitome of the world's view of America.
09coryWarren 1 year ago
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american footbal is for retards :/
TheFiddog 2 years ago
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BYU get real utah did work on your haka you are gay as aids anyone who could possibly thinks this is cool is either retarded or mormon. but in my opinion mormon is another word for retarded.
BrEeL420 2 years ago
american copiers
shlyna99 2 years ago
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BYU IS GAY!! i hate utah
dogbadgereye 2 years ago
BYU is known for recruiting lots of Samoans to play football for them. The Samoans do a Haka dance just like the NZ All Blacks.
NewcastleSam 2 years ago 14
Nah Samoans don't haka ....they do the Manu Sivi Tau....and it's not done in Maori like the haka it's done in their own Samoan language
pauafritter3 2 years ago
@NewcastleSam not samoans...barely any samoans on the team. most polynesians on the football team are tongan.
t0nganigger 1 year ago
@NewcastleSam Dude you're wrong,we Samoans don't do the haka; it's a Maori dance. I was born and raised in Samoa, and trust me, no one in Samoa claims the haka to be a Samoan dance. Haka doesn't even exist in our vocabulary. We do the siva tau, which literally means war dance.
theephraimite 8 months ago
@theephraimite Alright, I was mistaken. I apologize for not knowing the difference.
NewcastleSam 8 months ago
aye yo is dat Shilo Teo #2??
CyKoCy95 2 years ago
your an idiot poop streak, these guys are samoan.
lono54 2 years ago
I thought Mormons believed that darker skinned people were the spawn of the devil himself. Now they are trying to steal their traditions.... Other than that, I agree with the person below me that called this, "uncomfortably gay." It would not be gay if it was a bunch of Samoans doing it, but come on Mormons... Get real now.
poopstreek 2 years ago
This is almost exactly the same as the All Blacks Haka.
occupiedbytim 2 years ago
Awesome...BYU all the way baby!!!!!!!
frzbeachsk8 2 years ago
That is uncomfortably gay. Holy shit.
30mrcarter 2 years ago
Okay..you're right. You're gay.
tssme 2 years ago
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Please do that in Dallas... A bunch of white mormons dancing like they understand the culture they are mocking...
MsBoomersooner 2 years ago
you have no idea.
14-13 Cougars over the Sooners.
Cougars for life.
CougsOwn311 2 years ago
this is freakin awesome.
NO ONE has spirit like BYU.
GO COUGARS!!!
jesme2009 2 years ago
oh yeah??
how about the new zeland RUGBY all blacks???
it's their Rugby HAKA...
...stupid american copy
lisboa6 2 years ago
that is so freakin sick!!! GO COUGARS!!
packers851280 2 years ago 2
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hakas are dumb.
it looks so gay.
001001sith 2 years ago
cuz your probably haole.
singleguy9 2 years ago
let me rephrase that.
Hakas looks gay when they do it with football gears on, especially the haoles. =)
001001sith 2 years ago
......why.....? at least it makes sense when Hawaii does it.....it does not apply at all to byu....
Giants2082 2 years ago
Coach Bronco wanted something that would get the team and the fans excited for the game. Bryce Mahuika started this tradition shortly after his father, a Maori chief, passed away. At his father's funeral Mahuika led the football team in the haka, and had the idea of doing it at the football games, not only as a tribute to is father, who taught Mahuika a deep reverence for the Maori traditions.
florinda90 2 years ago 10
well i guess in that case it makes sense... It would have been stupid if they just did it for the hell of it, but as a tribute that's actually kinda cool. I still prefer Hawaii's though
Giants2082 2 years ago
BYU does it because one of their players Bryce Mahuika who is of Māori descent suggested they do it.
Damian2591 2 years ago 5
@Damian2591
Maybe he suggested it but they've been doing it for years
Reziepro 1 year ago
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SeymoreBooty94 2 years ago
thats what hes saying retard
usmccougarfan 2 years ago
thats what hes saying retard
singleguy9 2 years ago
Let them do it..They dont even realise that by taking this sacred NZ tradition they are placing a curse on their heads..they arent from New Zealand..they dont have the right and the mana to do this...they broke tapu...they will not do well...
glennium 2 years ago
Haka are performed for various reasons: for amusement, as a hearty welcome to distinguished guests, or to acknowledge great achievements or occasions.
Not sacred... silly man...
Jazga 2 years ago 2
and as florinda90 said bryce mahuika's dad was a maori chief and he passed away. they did it at his funeral and he got the idea of doin at the games. just sayin
dakotas13 2 years ago 2
YoU Killed The Haka Maoris have been doin the Haka since Lyk ages.and then america gos along and kills it.
terinawehi 2 years ago
haka is bad a but byu is gay as hell
zaqattack10 2 years ago
WHOOOOOOA dere dude i dought da useless trinity suked...but diz izz WAYYYYYYY WORSE! SHAMMMME! id rather hav trinity do it den dese guys actually id rather hav da all blaks do it! im a tongan american and i live in dat EULESS ITZ ALL BOUT DAT 817 AREA! newayz steo dnt b blamin ALL DA AMERICANZ! SHESSSSH!
Kw33N15 2 years ago
Hey don't burn Mormons. What they do to you? And it's just the team trying to get the fans excited ( although it is an odd way of doing it)
AustinMontreal 2 years ago
They were doing it in their Rivals' stadium.....
U0537150 2 years ago
they say that UH is ripping off the ALL BLACKs of New Zeland, this haka is straight off from them.
kawikablaine87 2 years ago
thats america for you
steal an idea
and ruin it
ilovegeorgedavey 2 years ago
Nothing worse than watching white guys do the Haka dance. Utah squashed it as they should last year.
socalute 2 years ago
I agree with you. White guys should keep themselves busy with inventing things.
swassontelus 2 years ago
Didn't you guys hate niggers till it became illegal to do so?
MussyPagnet 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure they did.
socalute 2 years ago
LOL converted mormon maoris think they still have culture.
rfleader06 2 years ago
GO DUCKS!!!
crenshaw502 2 years ago
I loathe University of Utards... Arrogant bastards..
rewell1 2 years ago
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BYU what the hell? You guys supposed to be mormon college students. Act like one. Totally disgrace. USC ROCKS!
danielm808 2 years ago
Why the fuck are Yanks doing the Haka?
Balthic 2 years ago 4
LOL
jakemonf22 2 years ago
BYU sucks like crap. They do it on ute turf what fags
IDKVideoProductions 2 years ago
IDKVideoProductions,
BYU sucks like crap?! I've never heard of feces(crap) sucking anything.
Fags? I don't see any of them holding hands or wearing girly clothes...
NinjaDudeSam 2 years ago
it wasn't that bad there are quite a few maori at BYU
Thunda1986 2 years ago
this is a disgrace to the haka
Warchild281 2 years ago
you are a disgrace to this world.
eloburro 2 years ago
lol good one, im guessing your from BYU.
Warchild281 2 years ago
ha.. i'm just messin with you .. i agree there are wayyyyy better hakas out there.
eloburro 2 years ago
It is. Nothing but wanna'bes. Be original. No one is original now-a-days. Gotta bite shit off other pple.
soulartistic 2 years ago
byu probably isn't doing the haka this year. im a huge cougar fan and have had season tix since i was one, and number 2, the guy who started the haka at byu was a senior last year and is gone. they wouldn't have anyone to lead it for this year.
singleguy9 2 years ago
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wtf....
haka is from new zealand..?
why are these pricks doing it ?
af1lover 2 years ago
That #2 guy is Maori. So when his Dad died, they started doing it to honor him. But the All Blacks haka is sooooo much better.
BYUfan1991 2 years ago 4
new zealand isn't the only place where hakas happen.
singleguy9 2 years ago 4
The mormon haka?
brady3249ers 2 years ago 3
I dont want to fight #70
12aggie12 2 years ago
ya who would lol
shotblocker6 2 years ago
But....This HAKA is Maoriiii!! Not Hawain!
ucchemele 2 years ago
hey #70 is my uncle he looks so funny on 00:24 haha lol
ohreally21 3 years ago
i love byu.! (:
this year they lost..
but they'll take it next time(:
cierragurl92 3 years ago
GO BYU!!!!!!!!!! Even though u guys lost i still love ya'll
byudude40 3 years ago
What I hate is some white boy layton doin the haka in provo.I mean Utah has just as many polenesains as BYU. c'mon
Utahman48 3 years ago
umm no thay dont but you just think that.
akaAMMON 3 years ago 2
Utah actually has considerably more minority players. Particularly black players... which is why they always beat us.
burner27 2 years ago