Tuesday, August 28, 2012

New Zealand Soldiers Performing The Maori Haka For Their Fallen Comrades



New Zealand Infantry Performs Maori Haka In Spine-Tingling Farewell To Fallen Comrades -- Daily Mail

* Video of moving tribute goes viral after being released by NZ Defence Force
* Shows 200 soldiers performing ancestral war cry at funeral in Christchurch
* Corporal Luke Tamatea, Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker and Private Richard Harris were killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan
* Haka illustrated men's 'outpouring of emotion', says NZ army spokesman

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 took 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.

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My Comment: Wow.


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