Pondering the Dothraki, but for now...HAKA POWER!

I will be doing a more thorough post on my thoughts on the Dothraki, namely "are they just the Mongols, or something else?" but for now this is too cool not to post:

I KNEW IT WAS A HAKA!

That's right, Jason Momoa, HBO's "noble savage" got the part by performing a haka for the casting directors.

I knew the first time I saw that scene that Momoa had absolutely drawn inspiration for that scene from the haka.  Here's the official New Zealand and Tonga rugby versions:

And, since this is after all a cooking blog, the same..performed by gingerbread men: