Kapa Haka Class

All of us girls are learning how to coordinate our bodies; foot movements, hand movements with poi and singing simultaneously. The teachers make it look easy, but it is actually really hard. Eventually it will become second nature… I hope. The guys are learning the Kapa Haka chant that the All Blacks recite before games. It is so intense! They have to chant loudly and stand in a squat position while stamping their right foot and making crazy faces. I told them it was really fun to watch them and one guy answered that it made him want to go hunting or get into a fight… its very manly. I think I should introduce it to the volleyball team so the other team will want to forefit before they even play us! I think when girls do it, its even scarier because you wouldn’t expect pretty faces to become so completely contorted and the roaring cacophony of voices is impressive to say the least.