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  • Proud Maori soldiers who joined the army to fight for New Zealand.. performing a powerful haka [tr]

    06/02/2019 4:13:42 AM PDT · by C19fan · 13 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | June 1, 2019 | Karen Ruiz
    Incredible photos have captured the extraordinary moment Maori soldiers performed a haka in North Africa during World War II. The images show members of the Maori Battalion's 'C company' at a training camp in Helwan, Egypt as they presented a haka during a ceremonial parade in June 1941. The dance was their way of welcoming King George II, his wife the Queen, his cousin Prince Peter, and Major General Freyberg, who arrived in Egypt months after the battalion had escaped an invasion in Crete. The visitors were treated to entertainment by two divisions, the B company, and the C company,...