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Emotional Wedding Haka
AshenkaseYour not the only one to relay these thoughts. There are members of the All Blacks that are getting tired of constantly performing the Haka during their contests. 20 times a year is wearing thin on some of them.
This Haka moved me much in the same way as witnessing the Haida perform their traditional dance at a wedding I attended a few years ago in Haida Gwaii.
I'm going be honest here.
I'm getting tired of seeing Haka all over social media.
But maybe not in the way you think.
It's a deeply emotional and personal dedication of feelings and respect. It's amazing and a great show of power which presents and reinforces the dedication a group has to another.
It's deeply spiritual and steeped in tradition.
But the way it's plastered all over Social Media, it's become a spectacle. It's become something to gawk at, and it trivializes what's really going on. It's so deeply personal. This exchange is more of an experience in it's presentation.
Of course this is just my opinion. My opinion is irrelevant in this matter, and I would never try to force my opinion on others. I'm not advocating some kind of Social Justice enforcement or cultural appropreation, or what ever the internet trend is.
FOR ME, I just feel the deep importance is stripped away as we look in. It would be fine if I saw one or two, and I experienced the power to understand it. But it seems like every time I turn on my computer, someone else has posted another one. (This one isn't new to me, I've seen it in at lease 20 other places on the web on other SM platforms. It's becoming a meme which does it some discredit.
Thanks for letting me voice my thoughts.
Proud To Be -- The Best Super Bowl Ad you'll never see
Bruti79 says...Fact, I have been on some amazing Haida reservations out west, I guess I've been on too many Ontario ones where it's bad. No support from the gov't, and ignored by everyone else. Hell, the Red Cross had to come in and help people out at one point.
Very true though, not all reserves are terrible.
That may true for some areas, but not all of them.
In fact, it depends on the Chief and how they lead their people.
Yes, they have social issues, and so do we off the reserves, but they are self governing and work every day to provide services for those in need. In my area, we have a great partnership with the First Nations. They are a vital part of our city.
The place where I see issues is when the government uses land, Such as with the NorthWestern Pipeline, and the First Nations are the first to stand up in defiance in defense of our environment -- I applaud them for that. Not to mention that the Gov. will change treaty laws at random to suit their needs. But that's Big Business, and they screw everyone, not just treaty law.
The Greatest Cliché: The Unexamined Propaganda of PC (Controversy Talk Post)
qualmqwizz665: "They're called "native americans".
Native Americans. Not in Canada.
Here it's First Nations, or specifically, Haida, Xaxli'p, Ditidaht, Songhees, Nuxálk, Tallheo, Kwatna, Shishalh, Pentlatch, Qualicum, Sliammon, Malahat, Comos, Quamichan, Cowichan, Koksilah, Yakweakwioose, Kwaw-kwaw-Apilt, Tsawwassen, Tsimshian, Gitksan, Nisga'a, etc., respectfully.
Canadian Haida Artist Bill Reid
siftbotTags for this video have been changed from 'Bill Reid, Haida, goldsmithing, wood carving, man of many talents' to 'Bill Reid, Haida, goldsmithing, wood carving, man of many talents, haida gwaii' - edited by therealblankman