The 2019 Rugby World Cup will kick off in Japan in September; and New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga and Fiji will all perform their national war dance.
On September 20, the 2019 Rugby World Cup will kick off in Japan; and New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga and Fiji will all perform their national war dance before each match in one of rugby's best-known traditions.
However, only the New Zealand team performs the 'haka'; the Samoan team performs the Siva Tau, Tonga the Sipi Tau, and Fiji the Cibi. The haka describes a ceremonial dance or challenge in Maori culture and the All Blacks have been performing the haka Ka Mate since Joseph Warbrick led the"New Zealand Natives" tour in 1888 and, then by the"Original" All Blacks in 1905.
The opening lines"ka mate kate mate, ka ora ka ora" translate to"it is death, it is death, it is life, it is life".
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