Biggest Losers Perform a Maori Haka War Chant
Sione, Filipe and Mike perform a war chant before the weigh-in.
Before the week 10 weigh-in, the boys of the black team performed a traditional Maori Haka dance. Inspiring their teammates? Defending against competitors? Either way, it was welcome entertainment by all.
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I love how they did this!
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A lot of people keep saying 'it's not Tongan'. I suppose I'm a stateside twit for trusting the two Tongan decended guys on the show as to what is Tongan? I'm guessing it was taught to them by another Tongan decended person who also was taught it was Tongan. Maybe they aren't the ones who need to check thier facts. If you care to look up Tongan rugby you'll see they do this haka.
Best season so far!
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I'm going to miss them next season. This was the most awesome season to date!
It was Cool =)
i liked that dance! its a little funny but i know that is seonie and filipies culture.
i love you mikem and ron morelli, im your cousin! you know my dad kenneth mancini and his mother mary mancini.
by the way, you and your father looked sharpe at the movie premiere!
<3 LAUREN MANCINI
p.s. tell everyone they are doing great and looked astinguishing at the movie premiere!!!!!!!!! <3 lauren! by the way, i am 10 years old, if you come home from the show with your dad you will get a special suprize! <3 u!
i liked that dance! its a little funny but i know that is seonie and filipies culture.
i love you mikem and ron morelli, im your cousin! you know my dad kenneth mancini and his mother mary mancini.
by the way, you and your father looked sharpe at the movie premiere!
<3 LAUREN MANCINI
p.s. tell everyone they are doing great and looked astinguishing at the movie premiere!!!!!!!!! <3 lauren! by the way, i am 10 years old, if you come home from the show with your dad you will get a special suprize! <3 u!
Mike is my cousin and (obviously) Ron is my uncle and I thought that was pretty exciting!
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Thank you all for the feedback re: the video. We just received clarification via Sione that this is indeed a "Maori Haka" dance, and not a Tongan. We appreciate all of you calling this to our attention.
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being from new zealand and part maori myself, i didnt think it was too bad. they got the words mostly right, and the actions arent really set in stone, they can change according to the performers preference.i wish they gave credit where it's due though, cause really it's insulting to both tongan and maori to get it wrong when a simple wikipedia search can get the right result
I am offended by this :P IT isn't Tongan!
Correction. The Haka performed was quite good. The ignorance lies with this website reporting.
Yes Nicola. How annoying to see the ignorance and to see something precious to Kiwi's being disrespected. Why on earth would you American's imitate something from another country when you're not sure what you're even doing?
Respect and education.
Fully into the vid - but I think you'll find this is not a 'traditional tongan dance." This is a "haka" from New Zealand, and is Maori (indigenous people of NZ) in origin. New Zealand is a completely different country and land mass to Tonga. This haka is called Ka Mate ("Tis Death"), and is meant as a challenge. This kind of haka would once have been performed before battle, but this one has until recently been the only haka the NZ rugby team performs before international games. Seriously, google it. This is why the rest of the world thinks the US is full of ignorant twits.
i love mike he is awesome
i like tihs dance
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thats not tongan, its maori
