A passionate wedding haka that moved a New Zealand bride to tears is making everyone else cry too after being watched more than 14.5 million times on facebook. The wedding of Aaliyah and Benjamin Armstrong was “blown away” by the performance.
A haka – with its shouting, body-slapping and exaggerated facial expressions – is used in traditional Maori culture as a war cry to intimidate the enemy, but also to welcome special guests and at celebrations, said BBc.
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