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I just found it very forceful- kind of like a statement of resistance. It does need some explaining to people who are not used to this kind of funeral ceremony. Looked up islamic burial customs:Anyone find it interesting that these maka dancers seem to be strictly male?
No, because it’s ancient (though women do sometimes participate). It’s also a New Zealand rugby (and football?) pregame thing. There was a team, maybe it was football or rugby called the All Blacks, which was all Maori players, who were not allowed to play against South Africa during apartheid, one of their longtime rivals in sport, because they were not white.Anyone find it interesting that these maka dancers seem to be strictly male?
Reminds me of some forms of martial arts that are mainly ceremonial now.I just found it very forceful- kind of like a statement of resistance. It does need some explaining to people who are not used to this kind of funeral ceremony. Looked up islamic burial customs:
I have only been to two funerals here, interestingly, in Islam and in Germany ( non-islamic) -people throw three hands full of soil into the grave- I haven’t noticed this in Canada.Islamic funeral - Wikipedia
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