Australian/New Zealand Music

**Aila** · 03-08-2022, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by Creoda

Meanwhile, when all of that media world is going on somewhere else …
back in the rainforest, as if in another world - the riflebirds dance:

**Aila** · 03-08-2022, 04:06 PM

The riflebird dance somewhat reminds me of NZ haka:

**frankhammer** · 03-08-2022, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by Aila

The riflebird dance somewhat reminds me of NZ haka:

The Maori Haka. They all look like gang members, imo. Certainly not upstanding members of society, here or Australia. You can hear it in the persons accent who is recording the event (although you probably can't see or hear it). Plenty of 501's coming from Queensland these days...

**Aila** · 03-08-2022, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by Yesno

The Maori Haka.

Didn't you all learn that at school?
Plenty of NZs everywhere in Oz.

How the students showed respect farewelling the teacher, I thought was moving:

**frankhammer** · 03-08-2022, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by Aila

Didn't you all learn that at school?
Plenty of NZs everywhere in Oz.
How the students showed respect firewalling the teacher, I thought was moving:

Indeed, when used appropriately, it is a moving display of Maori culture and respect. Unfortunately, during the last 20 years, it has been overplayed and overused by any and everyone thanks to the All Blacks.

No, we were not taught the haka at school. The most common Maori folk song taught in NZ schools is Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi.

If you skip to 0.23 seconds, for a moment, you hear it sung well. Almost no renditions of it on youtube are worthwhile listening to.

The large part of my family are Australians

Even my best friend is now an Australian, living in Perth.

**Aila** · 03-08-2022, 05:23 PM

Yeah well, many of my best friends have been/are Kiwis and all of them know how to do haka.

This is also the people, their culture, art, music and dance I have been exposed to besides the mainstream white Australian culture:

**frankhammer** · 03-08-2022, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by Aila

Yeah well, many of my best friends have been/are Kiwis and all of them know how to do haka.

Odd that you have such a connection to Melanesian and Pacific culture. I grew up with it around me and even with Polynesian friends, it had no influence on any part of my life. I neither dislike or like it.

I do not like hearing people stereotype all Polynesians as violent though. Most are god-fearing and decent people. They need to stay off the fire water.

**Aila** · 03-08-2022, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by Yesno

Odd that you have such a connection to Melanesian and Pacific culture. I grew up with it around me and even with Polynesian friends, it had no influence on any part of my life. I don't dislike nor like it.

Perhaps it is that I have no leg to stand on when it comes to racial purity or superiority lol. hence, I have no psychological barrier. Besides, I do understand hunter-gatherer mentality from within.

Originally Posted by Yesno

I do not like hearing people stereotype all Polynesians as violent though. Most are god-fearing and decent people. They need to stay off the fire water.

LOL! You can tell that to the “Finnic” as well … we don’t drink in moderation and often do get rolling drunk …