Kapa Haka

Kapa Haka is an indigenous song and dance which involves singing songs in the native language (Māori), dressing up in indigenous clothing such as piupiu (which boys wear) and bone carvings in the girls hair, and doing something called a haka which is a chant involving actions and doing a pukana which is essentially a big frown with widened eyes. Sometimes we use something called a poi in Kapa Haka which is a ball on a string. Many schools participate in Kapa Haka and in my city we hold a festival annually to celebrate the art.

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