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  2. Battle cry - Wikipedia

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    A Māori performer giving a Haka at a folk festival in Poland NZDF soldiers performing a battle cry All Blacks performing a Haka, 1:39 min. A battle cry or war cry is a yell or chant taken up in battle, usually by members of the same combatant group. Battle cries are not necessarily articulate (e.g. "Eulaliaaaa!", "Alala"..), although they ...

  3. Barritus - Wikipedia

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    Barritus (barrītūs) is a battle cry documented in writing since the 1st century among Germanic tribes. The technique of Barritus later became popular among Germanic auxiliary troops in the Roman Army. In the 4th century, Ammianus Marcellinus describes Barritus as typical for Germanic auxiliary troops.

  4. Nadba - Wikipedia

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    The battle cry is performed by the leader raising his left arm across his chest to his mouth and his right arm bent above and behind his head, then straightening and bending the raised hand as he howls in an ascending and descending scale in Arabic to the lyrics of "Al Shehhi Al Mayhob" while the surrounding tribesmen, who form a circle around ...

  5. Category:Battle cries - Wikipedia

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  6. Oorah - Wikipedia

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    Oorah is a battle cry common in the United States Marine Corps since the mid-20th century.. Several anecdotes attributed the phrase to John R. Massaro's time as a gunnery sergeant in the Reconnaissance Company, 1st Marine Division, in the mid-1950s. [1]

  7. Hooah - Wikipedia

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    Hooah / ˈ h uː ɑː / is a battle cry used by members of the United States Army. [1] Originally spelled "Hough", the battle cry was first used by members of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment during the Second Seminole War in 1841, after Seminole chief Coacoochee toasted officers of the regiment with a loud "Hough!", apparently a corruption of "How d'ye do!"

  8. 10 Weird Olympic Sports That No Longer Exist, from Tug of War ...

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    For example, did you know that tug of war was an official team event in the Summer Olympics during the earl. ... This year, the games will feature 329 events in 32 sports, including a few exciting ...

  9. Alala - Wikipedia

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    Italian aviators shout the war-cry in October 1917. According to Pindar, Alala was the daughter of Polemos, the personification of war, and was characterised by the poet as "prelude to spears, to whom men offer a holy sacrifice of death on behalf of their city". [3] A poetic epithet of the war god Ares is Alaláxios (Ἀλαλάξιος).