Mike
15th July 2019, 21:50
Mod note: special thanks to Kiwi Elf for pointing out some errors here. Lomu is in fact not Maori. He was born in New Zealand to Tongan parents, which would make him Polynesian, not Maori. Apologies for that folks.
Bill shared this amazing video (inspired by a video shared by Constance) earlier today in the mod chat. It simply has to be shared here, publicly.
Jonah Lomu was an iconic New Zealand rugby player. The team is called the All Blacks.
Bill described him thusly:
"...the very finest All Black was Jonah Lomu, a giant mountain-man who was also as fast as the wind. There are youtube videos of him still running for the touchline with the ball with half a dozen men hanging onto him, like something out of a cartoon. But how the mighty have fallen...he died aged 40 from kidney disease. Like all New Zealand sportsmen, he was gentle and humble all the way, a kind, soft-spoken man. But on the field he was fierce and unstoppable..."
The last thing Bill said on Lomu was this:
"...a giant, gentle and quiet off the field, fearsome and unstoppable on it, universally loved as a player and a person, an icon of New Zealand, taken before his time. the entire country stopped for his funeral..."
I couldn't say it any better. What I said in the mod chat is that the Haka was a terrific display of male energy...fierce but very emotional as well. I've never seen anything like it. It was an awesome spectacle, loaded with ferocious displays of pageantry and very intense emotions. It is, essentially, a ceremonial dance, usually used in sport, that represents a challenge. It is characterized by vigorous movements and stomping of feet with rhythmically shouted accompaniment. But that description doesn't do it justice. It truly needs to be seen to be believed....
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Bill shared this amazing video (inspired by a video shared by Constance) earlier today in the mod chat. It simply has to be shared here, publicly.
Jonah Lomu was an iconic New Zealand rugby player. The team is called the All Blacks.
Bill described him thusly:
"...the very finest All Black was Jonah Lomu, a giant mountain-man who was also as fast as the wind. There are youtube videos of him still running for the touchline with the ball with half a dozen men hanging onto him, like something out of a cartoon. But how the mighty have fallen...he died aged 40 from kidney disease. Like all New Zealand sportsmen, he was gentle and humble all the way, a kind, soft-spoken man. But on the field he was fierce and unstoppable..."
The last thing Bill said on Lomu was this:
"...a giant, gentle and quiet off the field, fearsome and unstoppable on it, universally loved as a player and a person, an icon of New Zealand, taken before his time. the entire country stopped for his funeral..."
I couldn't say it any better. What I said in the mod chat is that the Haka was a terrific display of male energy...fierce but very emotional as well. I've never seen anything like it. It was an awesome spectacle, loaded with ferocious displays of pageantry and very intense emotions. It is, essentially, a ceremonial dance, usually used in sport, that represents a challenge. It is characterized by vigorous movements and stomping of feet with rhythmically shouted accompaniment. But that description doesn't do it justice. It truly needs to be seen to be believed....
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