When I was living in LA, I'd go and watch sports fairly often. Nithya and I would watch Lakers games at Busby's, we'd go to occasional Clippers, Kings, and Dodgers games.
In Botswana, instead of basketball, baseball, and hockey, we have football (American soccer), cricket, and rugby.
Today we went to watch the Semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup, Australia vs. New Zealand at Barcelos, a casual dining chicken place.
I think rugby is much more dynamic than American Football. Lots of action, running the ball, serious tackles. The ball just constantly keeps moving. The men are also built like rocks, huge, all muscle.
What was cool to see was the New Zealand Haka. After the Australian and New Zealand National Anthems, the teams separate on their sides and the All Blacks (New Zealand team) performs the Haka, a traditional dance from the Maori people that they do to intimidate the other team. Imagine a bunch of guys in all black, 200+ pounds each, pounding their chests like they are going to grind your bones. The end move of the haka is when they all poise and use their thumbs in a sweeping motion across their necks like you're going to get your head chopped off.
Awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g3QbH_i2VU&feature=related
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You know I think I actually watched that rugby world cup match... at least I know for sure I've watched the All Blacks do the Haka. They even do a dance at the end of the match too.
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