Friday, September 7, 2012

Video showing around 200 New Zealand soldiers performing the Maori haka at the funeral of three fallen comrades. MailOnline

A Maori performs a Haka
A Maori performs a traditional haka. Photograph: MJ Kim/Getty Images Photo here.
By Daily Mail Reporter A spine-tingling video showing around 200 New Zealand soldiers performing the Maori haka at the funeral of three fallen comrades has gone viral.
Members of the 2nd and 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment performed the ancestral war cry to show their 'collective grief' at the deaths of Corporal Luke Tamatea, 31, Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker, 26, and 21-year-old Private Richard Harris.
Footage of Saturday's service has been viewed more than 340,000 times on YouTube since being released by the NZ Defence Force...Continue reading...

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