Hey, I´m a music teacher from Germany. As part of each lesson I show my students musical (and music-like) traditions from all ages and places, and let them guess where and when this music was created. A while ago I´ve shown them a haka of the All Blacks, first audio only so they could guess, then with the video. Since then, a group of 11 year olds is constantly asking me if we could perform a haka in the group. I myself would not be opposed to doing so, but I would want to do it with the necessary respect. So I thought I´d come here to ask: Would you find it disrespectful if a group of german children and their teacher performed a haka? If the responses here are positive, I´d follow this Wikihow for the actual performance. Thanks in advance for any responses.
It is not necessarily disrespectful but you do need to know what you are doing and why.
Ideally are you able to make contact with a music teacher or kapa haka teacher from NZ?
I think you would benefit from showing your students some of the footage of students performing kapa haka (on youtube). These kids are about 11.
Also, please do not rely on the Wikihow. Please do not teach your students that any girls doing a pukana are “expressing their sexuality”!!! That is misleading. Here is a resource from New Zealand’s educational system, which talks about pukana in a way that is appropriate for 11 year olds.