Haka performed as mourners gather at floral tribute to Christchurch attack victims

Record ID: 1400190

  • Title: Haka performed as mourners gather at floral tribute to Christchurch attack victims
  • Date: 16th March 2019
  • Summary: CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (MARCH 16, 2019) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) MOURNERS GATHERED AT FLORAL TRIBUTE NEAR AL NOR MOSQUE / MOURNERS LISTENING AS MAN (OFF SCREEN) BEGINS MAORI AKA (CEREMONIAL DANCE) / CAMERA PANS TO MAN DOING AKA ON STREET / MAN FINISHES AKA AND WALKS AWAY / MAN STANDING SILENTLY ALONGSIDE OTHER MOURNERS
  • Embargoed: 30th March 2019 10:47
  • Keywords: haka Christchurch shootings Christchurch mosque shootings flowers New Zealand shootins mosque New Zealand shooting
  • Location: CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND
  • City: CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND
  • Country: New Zealand
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA001A69SHFR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: An emotional Haka was performed on Saturday (March 16) outside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, where 41 died in Friday's attack on two of the city's mosques.
    It took the shooter seven minutes to travel to the second mosque in the suburb of Linwood, where seven people were killed. One victim died in the hospital.
    Friday's (March 15) attacks, in which 49 people died and dozens were wounded, was the worst ever peacetime mass killing in New Zealand.
    As mourners stood silently at a floral tribute to the victims, one man walked onto the street and performed the traditional war dance.
    The Haka is an ancient Maori war dance, performed at weddings, funerals and to challenge opponents on the sports field, most notably by New Zealand's All Blacks rugby team.
    (Production: Joseph Campbell, Helen Joyce)
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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