War dance!

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Thanks Foot! I would imagine the Haka or any sort or ritualised dance would have been quite intimidating.

Side note: If the New Zealand Rugby team spent more time practising their game and not the Haka, they might win something

lol.

Although not a dance Celtic armies appear to have had a ritualised etiquette when entering battle.

Firstly the two armies would draw up facing each other, champions from either force would then ride/walk up and down the length of their side hurling abuse at their opponent whilst recanting their own glorious deeds in battle and the achievements of their ancestors. If there was no clear winner in this contest then the champions would duel and, if there was no clear winner, the two armies would commit to battle.

The Germans also had intimidatory methods. I can't remember the actual name for it, I will look it up for you, but Germanic tribes would emit a unique battle cry, sort of a vocal Mexican wave. This battle cry would start very low and in only certain parts of the battle line, it would then increase in pitch, volume and numbers of participants until it had grown into a full scale deafening roar. Interestingly, and quite possibly as a result of increasing use of Germanic soliders, the later Roman army (4th, 5th century AD) adopted this practice.