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Kiwi Crew 'Request' Win World Hip Hop Dance Champs
Scoop Link: Las Vegas Weekly - Haka outshines hip hop at international dance competition
http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2010/aug/03/haka-trumps-hip-hop-international-dance
It is mighty difficult to upstage hip-hop dance at a tournament named Hip Hop International, but New Zealand did it — with haka.
Now, what the haka is haka?
It’s a cultural Maori dance that isn’t well known outside New Zealand, but it took center stage Sunday night at the Orleans Arena after the country’s Request crew won the 2010 World Hip Hop Dance Championship, held by Hip Hop International. As the all-female crew graciously accepted its gold medals and hard-earned title as champions, their countrymen — fellow New Zealand crew Dziah 2.0 — rushed the stage to celebrate.
Full Las Vegas Weekly story (with video)>>
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