{"id":46438,"date":"2022-09-05T18:09:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T15:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/?p=46438"},"modified":"2022-09-05T18:11:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T15:11:14","slug":"11-year-old-boy-emotionally-performs-a-haka-part-of-a-traditional-funeral-in-memory-of-his-late-great-grandmother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/?p=46438","title":{"rendered":"You probably haven’t seen something like this yet! 11-year-old boy emotionally performs a haka (part of a traditional funeral) in memory of his late great-grandmother."},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the touching moment when an 11-year-old child did a haka in memory of his late great-grandmother. <\/p>\n

Zoe Gifkins, 32, of Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, captured the moment her son Jahrell burst into tears while leading the haka in memory of his great-grandmother Ann Tiki. <\/p>\n

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Ann Tiki’s body was returned home for the first part of her funeral, and the heartbreaking event was videotaped. <\/p>\n

The haka was part of a traditional funeral in which departed family members are taken home for three days before being buried.<\/p>\n

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Jahrell’s haka is one of four that were done that day, each to signal the transition from one stage of the celebration to the next.<\/p>\n

This one signaled the casket’s opening. Jahrell was chosen to lead the Haka because of his commanding voice.<\/p>\n

\u2018I told him that he should lead the Haka, and of course he said yes, he likes the spotlight,\u2019Zoe revealed. <\/p>\n

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It was so touching that I still cry when I see it.\u2019 He taught his cousins the Haka the next day because they had distinct Hakas.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018There was just so much emotion in that moment\u2019 she remarked,\u2019 you can feel it in his face.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018He’s a really nice guy, but he has ADHD, so he may be a little hyper, but performing and listening to music like this is his coping mechanism, it’s what calms him down.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Ann was an incredible woman; she was a touch grouchy, but she was a really lovely person; she was a hard worker, and she just grew exhausted.\u2019<\/p>\n