Friday, May 05, 2006

Hong Kong Rugby 7's

The Kiwi team meets just after a game at the Rugby 7's. It wasn't the professional All Blacks playing, and unfortunately the team didn't start the games with the traditional Hakka.


This photo of the South stand doesn't really do a good job of capturing the craziness. In this part of the stadium, fans are allowed to drink and most have on wild costumes. The heat on Saturday made the guys in Speedos and swimming caps the best dressed, but various superheros and literary characters filled the seats as well.

During the team procession, the Kenyans danced in traditional dress. The French seemed to have the best sense of humour though. After hearing the amount of booing on Saturday, they showed up on Sunday with cardboard shields with chickens dressed in French colors. At each corner of the stadium they stopped, huddled together and allowed the fans to throw various objects at them. Even a few eggs were hurled!

After the procession of teams, a traditional lion, dragon, and unicorn dance was performed in the stadium.

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