New Zealand is a multi-cultural country that pays tribute to it’s significant Maori roots in various ways. One of those ways is by doing the Haka, a Maori dance, before sporting events. So, for the World Baseball Classic, that means that, before the game against Taipei, the “Diamondblacks” (a reference to the color of their uniform and the name of their nation’s rugby team, the “All Blacks”) did a Haka.
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