Above is the press room in Izmir, site of Group D at these basketball world championships. It's the cauldron that froths with the activity journalists from Spain, Lithuania, France, New Zealand and Canada every night. In the foreground, three of my Canadian reporter friends powwow.
Joseph Campbell would have a field day with this.
It's a scene from press row before New Zealand's match against Canada yesterday. The Kiwi players, known as the Tall Blacks, are performing a a traditional Haka dance.
The cheery chorus begins:
"'Tis Death
'Tis Death
'Tis Life, 'Tis Life
'Tis Death, 'Tis Death
'Tis Life, 'Tis Life
"This is the man, the fierce powerful man."
No kidding, aboriginal anthem.
The fierce powerful men chanting your words knocked Canada out of the tournament that night.
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