Tongans Hand Over In Fearsome Fashion | Forces TV

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A contingent of troops has conducted a ceremonial handover parade with a difference at Camp Bastion. The Royal Tongan Marines do their best to thoroughly intimidate the newcomers with the South Pacific Islanders' version of the Maoris' Haka. They call it the Tsipi-Tau. It is a fearsome face-pulling war dance that for centuries was used to scare away enemies.

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