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07-12-2016, 08:31 AM
New Zealand vocal group executes explosive Máori war dance while staying perfectly in pitch
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What better way to make an impression at an international barbershop convention than working an ancient*Máori war dance into your routine?
That's precisely what the team from New Zealand did at the 2016 Nashville International Convention (http://www.barbershop.org/). The competitors presented a synergy of top 40 hits, staple pop ballads together with the haka.
The haka was traditionally performed on the battlefield as a form of intimidation for opponents.*
During peacetime it is performed as*a*mark of respect (http://mashable.com/2015/07/28/haka-funeral-new-zealand/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)*and*ack**wledgment*of New Zealand ancestry. Most famously it is performed to impressive and terrifying effect before the New*Zealand team competes in the Rugby World Cup (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiKFYTFJ_kw).* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/barbershop-singers-haka/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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What better way to make an impression at an international barbershop convention than working an ancient*Máori war dance into your routine?
That's precisely what the team from New Zealand did at the 2016 Nashville International Convention (http://www.barbershop.org/). The competitors presented a synergy of top 40 hits, staple pop ballads together with the haka.
The haka was traditionally performed on the battlefield as a form of intimidation for opponents.*
During peacetime it is performed as*a*mark of respect (http://mashable.com/2015/07/28/haka-funeral-new-zealand/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)*and*ack**wledgment*of New Zealand ancestry. Most famously it is performed to impressive and terrifying effect before the New*Zealand team competes in the Rugby World Cup (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiKFYTFJ_kw).* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/barbershop-singers-haka/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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