Not if you teach the history of it, the meaning and perform it with your heart in the right place.
Before 86 the all blacks performed the haka in a token way, it was Hika Reed and Wayne Shelford that campaigned to teach the players the true meanings and transformed it into the hair standing on end war challenge you see today. You could show them videos of before and after too show them what real commitment to it is.
Also teach that every tribe and these days most high schools have their own with their own messages. What would your Schools values be captured in a haka if you had your own version?
Not if you teach the history of it, the meaning and perform it with your heart in the right place.
Before 86 the all blacks performed the haka in a token way, it was Hika Reed and Wayne Shelford that campaigned to teach the players the true meanings and transformed it into the hair standing on end war challenge you see today. You could show them videos of before and after too show them what real commitment to it is.
Also teach that every tribe and these days most high schools have their own with their own messages. What would your Schools values be captured in a haka if you had your own version?