New Zealand Maoris ’haka’ For Deserving Charity (1914-1918)

New Zealand Maoris ’Haka’ for deserving charity. Location of events unknown. Maori tribal dance and tongue sticking out ritual; called Haka. Opens with title frame saying they are doing this for a deserving charity. Pan along line of Maori men wearing grass skirts and doing a line dance. They turn to right & left; get down on knees and back up; in synchronised movements. Two men; one tall and one short; each with a primitive weapon; brandish the weapons and jump on each other; pretending to attack; and at the same time sticking out their tongues and rolling their eyes around in a crazed way. CU of these 2 both facing camera and making faces. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the