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<blockquote data-quote="DanCarterite" data-source="post: 91735"><p>It may be really silly but I don't know anyone who objects to the Aussies singing Waltzing Matilda as a response to the Haka, hell most people I know find it more fascinating to see what response the opposition players or fans are going to give than actually seeing the Haka.</p><p></p><p>I know I for one was anticipating massed singing from the Welsh, and I would have had no problem whatsoever if it had commenced as soon as the first "Ka mate" crossed an AB lip. Having the opposition camp bang on the halfway line eyeballing the AB's is also a great one. </p><p></p><p>If you ask the players who face the Haka they will usually say it fires them up as much as it does the AB's. </p><p></p><p>I was at a barbeque last weekend (and a U2 concert), and there was a 6 year old there, his parents are Indian immigrants, he speaks Hindi at home, the only sport his dad watches is cricket, the boy as his party piece did the "Ka mate" haka for us, perfectly I might add, then told us he was supporting the Welsh because his best friend was Welsh. </p><p></p><p>The Haka is important to New Zealand's sense of self, it pervades our culture and we can get really touchy and overly defensive about it, but only because of how important it is to us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DanCarterite, post: 91735"] It may be really silly but I don't know anyone who objects to the Aussies singing Waltzing Matilda as a response to the Haka, hell most people I know find it more fascinating to see what response the opposition players or fans are going to give than actually seeing the Haka. I know I for one was anticipating massed singing from the Welsh, and I would have had no problem whatsoever if it had commenced as soon as the first "Ka mate" crossed an AB lip. Having the opposition camp bang on the halfway line eyeballing the AB's is also a great one. If you ask the players who face the Haka they will usually say it fires them up as much as it does the AB's. I was at a barbeque last weekend (and a U2 concert), and there was a 6 year old there, his parents are Indian immigrants, he speaks Hindi at home, the only sport his dad watches is cricket, the boy as his party piece did the "Ka mate" haka for us, perfectly I might add, then told us he was supporting the Welsh because his best friend was Welsh. The Haka is important to New Zealand's sense of self, it pervades our culture and we can get really touchy and overly defensive about it, but only because of how important it is to us. [/QUOTE]
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