Powerful moment a Maori haka meets an Aboriginal corroboree as two indigenous cultures combine following a dawn Anzac Day service
- An Aboriginal Corroboree and a Maori Haka have been performed together
- The powerful moment happened after the Anzac Day dawn service at Kings Park
- The park in Perth had about 30,000 people attend the service on Thursday
The powerful moment an Aboriginal corroboree meets a Maori Haka after an Anzac Day dawn service has been captured on video.
The stirring performance took place at Kings Park in Perth on Thursday morning, with about 30,000 attendees.
The half hour long ceremony featured both traditional dances, with the two groups interacting with each other.
The powerful moment an Aboriginal corroboree meets a Maori Haka after an Anzac Day dawn service has been captured on video
The stirring performance took place at Kings Park in Perth on Thursday morning, with about 30,000 attendees
The Aboriginal corroboree included a didgeridoo player and dancers wearing traditional body paint.
Toward the end of the ceremony, numerous members of the crowd stepped in to join the Maoris in their haka.
Haka for Life coordinator Leon Ruri told Maori Television he wrote the new haka specifically for the commemorative day.
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He also said he named it Te Whakapuakitanga, or The Declaration - in honour of those who served.
'The message we want to get across is to honour the sacrifice of the Anzacs for our life that we're able to have today,' he said.
The half hour long ceremony featured both traditional dances, with the two groups interacting with each other
