There is a specific Maori word for in the comments, they believed they'd gain the person's power/spirit by eating their head. Someone says their family told a story that there were so many corpses after a battle that people choked eating them, so probably a lot! RIP Grandpa, he died doing what he loved, eating his enemies' heads.
original Maori Haka dance w/ translation
In the comments, someone explains the toungue sticking out means: I'm going to eat your head, literally eat it.
That's amazing. I wonder how many heads they historically ate for that to become culturally recognizable.
There is a specific Maori word for in the comments, they believed they'd gain the person's power/spirit by eating their head. Someone says their family told a story that there were so many corpses after a battle that people choked eating them, so probably a lot! RIP Grandpa, he died doing what he loved, eating his enemies' heads.
Heartwarming