How to do the haka - Video

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Steps

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Step One

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Ka Mate!

Yell: ka mate ka mate pronounced "car mart aye". Slap knees once per "ka mate" then yell: ka ora ka ora pronounced "korra korra" on the first "ka ora" beat your chest and on the second reach for the sky.

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Step Two

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ka ora

repeat previous step

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Step Three

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For the sake of this article from now on the spelling of the maori words will be fanetic.

yell: "tenny tee" and upper cut the air with your right hand. the yell: "tangata" and upper cut the air with your left hand.

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Step Four

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puhuruhuru

The next step is tricky you might want to watch a video to aid you with the actions: Keep your left hand still from the upper cut you have just done and punch your left hand under it and back while yelling: "puhuru"

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Step Five

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nanana tiki whakawhiti te ra thats the correct spelling :)

repeat the previous action but yell :nanana tiki fakafiti te ra!

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Step Six

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upa ne!

slap your left arm and shout: "huppa" then slap your right arm and shout: "huppa" repeat slightly fast

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Step Seven

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whiti te ra hi!

reach for the sky and yell: whiti te ra put your hands on your hips put your hips put your tongue out and yell HI! pronounced hee!

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Step Eight

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The Great tiki

90% of this is facial expressions

• When slapping your knees try to get a nice loud sound :)
• make your pupils as small as possible throughout the entire thing but especially at the end