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A timeline tracing the history of the haka, the ceremonial dance of the Māori people of Aotearoa (New Zealand), used to convey genealogy, challenge, celebration, and grief long before its global fame through rugby. This is a factual historical account spanning from precolonial Māori tradition through colonization to the present day, focusing on how the practice has retained its cultural meaning even as outside audiences and contexts have transformed around it. The tone should be respectful and reflective, honoring the haka's deep spiritual and communal significance rather than treating it as mere spectacle.
Where is there history already?
Per continent and subject, counted across every moment you are allowed to see. Open a row for the individual regions, with the same spread across subjects. An empty cell is not a mistake — it is a timeline that does not exist yet.
| Region | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 58 | 27 | 26 | 40 | 60 | 81 | 23 | 7 | 385 | |
| 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | · | 3 | 29 | |
| 22 | 12 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 113 | |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 61 | |
| 70 | 45 | 18 | 32 | 12 | 28 | 37 | 8 | 15 | 265 | |
| 37 | 19 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 62 | 46 | 10 | 9 | 230 | |
| 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | · | 3 | 28 | |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 56 | 61 | 14 | 8 | 53 | 225 |
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