I want you all to know that I valiantly ignored vacuuming to write this piece about yesterday's haka, haka in general, and why I think it resonates so far. #kikorangi
https://the-opinionist.ghost.io/tenei-te-tangata/
https://the-opinionist.ghost.io/tenei-te-tangata/
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Once upon a time you wouldn’t have been allowed to speak te reo.
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(Honestly don’t know what all of you, my new followers, are expecting of me but we can say I “decolonized” the kitchen floor of crumbs, if that helps?)
Methinks you might have some fans of that plan :)
Also because haka is cool and I've always admired it ever since I first heard of it.
Thank you.
I fricken love this and absolutely yes.
She ripped into it, and then it was joined.
I've been in moments like that; those are the times you know you can take on the entire world.
That's powerful stuff, and contagious.
But agreed that it was awesome and it's great to see so many people taking heart from it.
I'm an American with only minimal exposure to haka. Each one I have seen, even though it was only on video, touched me deeply.
Your ghost piece confirmed what seemed self-evident from my limited experience. Thank you.
For me there's an additional layer: Colonial "success" depends so much on removing and limiting indigenous language/expression to fit the standards of the colonizer, so these moments feel like reclamation and refusal to be made invisible every time.
Pterry was a genius with footnotes too.
Mary Roach is excellent.
All the stuff I can think of feel toxic and shitty, which may say more about me
https://youtu.be/kmWTZ3KfnXE?si=EqEATGxv0WgCg00q
It does resonate deeply, it's true.