Vaka Haka
December 20, 2010
We have some very nice friends here in New York. Even though the sun rarely shines here, and it snows just about every day, we love New York because of the people in our church.
Some of our favorite friends are the Vakas: a huge quiet Tongan husband and tiny blond loud wife with their cute son Kelepi that Mosiah loves to wrestle with.
The Vakas had us over for some Tongan food and a few days later Brother Vaka taught our kids how to do the Haka. The Haka is a Maori war dance. Samuel, Isaiah, and Nephi learned and practiced it all week and performed it at our ward Christmas talent show. Sister Vaka painted our kids' faces, provided their costumes, and perfected their Haka skills. Sister Vaka also made our Halloween costumes last Halloween. She is the best. The other day Isaiah said that he was very grateful for Tongan food.
I'm attaching a picture of the Vakas as well as pictures of our warrior sons and a youtube video of their performance. If their faces scare you, they are supposed to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zq8rfGndoI
Sylwia
Vaka Haka
20 Grudzien 2010
Choc w tej czesci Nowego Yorku slonce bardzo malo swieci, i snieg prawie codziennie pada, bardzo lubimy ta okolice bo nasi znajomi w naszym kosciele sa bardzo fajni.
Jedna z rodzin ktora bardzo lubimy ma na nazwisko Vaka. Maz jest cichy i ogromny z wyspy Tonga. A zona jest malutka blondynka ze stanu Utah. Maja pieknego dzidziusia Kelepi, z ktorym Mosiah bardzo lubi sie bawic.
Tydzien temu rodzina Vaka zaprosila nas na tradycjonalny obiad z kraju Tonga. Jedzenie bylo pyszne i pare dni pozniej pan Vaka nauczyl moje dzieci Maori taniec wojenny ktory sie nazywa HAKA. Przed wojnami na wyspach zolnierze malowali swoje twarze i straszyli wrogow tancem, krzykiem, i strasznymi twarzami. Pani Vaka pomalowala dzieciom twarze, pryzniosla im stroje, i pomogla im tanca sie nauczyc. Ona tez uszyla nam przebrania na ostatnie Halloween. Ona jest bardzo mila i fajna.
W kosciele mielismy obiad i wystawe talentow. Nagralismy nasze dzieci jak ten taniec wojenny pokazywali. Przesylam zdjecia i link to video na youtube. Jesli dzieci twarze strasznie wygladaja, to dlatego ze tak powinny wygladac.
Tu link to video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zq8rfGndoI
Sylwia
1 comment:
A few years ago Greg went through a Haka phase where he was very interested in it and watched lots of videos of/about it. :) Your boys look super handsome, face paint and all.
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