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The Manu Siva Tau is a Samoan war dance, performed by the Samoan sporting teams before each match.
The national rugby union team used to perform the traditional 'Maulu'ulu Moa' on tour. Prior to the 1991 World Cup, the 'Manu' war chant was composed; it was considered more effective at psyching up players.
The national Australian rules football team performs the Siva Tau at its International Cup appearances.
In WWE, The Usos, as faces, performed the Siva Tau as part of their ring entrance.[1]
The Toa Samoa national rugby league team also perform the Siva Tau before each match (with the "Toa" replacing "Manu" in the words).
The song "Le Manu" by the New Zealand metal band Shepherds Reign has the lyrics of the Siva Tau as performed by the Manu Samoa.[2]
| Samoan language | English language |
|---|---|
| Leader: Samoa! | Samoa! |
| Sauni e tau le taua! | Ready for the war! |
| Tau e matua tau! | Fight fiercely! |
| Fai ia mafai! | Work to achieve! |
| Le Manu! | The Manu! |
| Team: Sau ia! | Let's go! |
| Le Manu Samoa e ua malo ona fai o le faiva Le Manu Samoa e ua malo ona fai o le faiva |
The Manu Samoa, may you succeed in your mission The Manu Samoa, may you succeed in your mission |
| Le Manu Samoa lenei ua ou sau | The Manu Samoa here we have come |
| Leai se isi Manu oi le atu laulau | There is no other Manu (team) anywhere |
| Ua ou sau nei ma le mea atoa | Here I come completely prepared |
| O lou malosi ua atoatoa | My strength is at its peak |
| Ia e faatafa ma e soso ese | Make way and move aside |
| Leaga o lenei manu e uiga ese | Because this Manu is unique |
| Le Manu Samoa | The Manu Samoa |
| Le Manu Samoa | The Manu Samoa |
| Le Manu Samoa e o mai I Samoa | The Manu Samoa reigns from Samoa |
| Le Manu! | The Manu! |
During the 2007 Rugby World Cup, the Samoa national rugby union team used a more aggressive version of the Siva Tau. However, this version was dropped by the Manu Samoa before the 2007 Rugby World Cup match against United States in favour of the original version.
| Leader: Samoa! | Samoa! |
| Sauni ia tau le taua!! | Ready for the battle! |
| Ia tau matua tau! | Fight fiercely! |
| Ia fai ia mafai! | Work to achieve! |
| Le Manu Samoa e! | The Manu Samoa! |
| Team: O a'u le Manu,
O a'u le Manu, Samoa! |
I am the Manu,
I am the Manu, Samoa! |
| Leader:Toe sau | Again! |
| Team: O a'u le Manu,
O a'u le Manu, Samoa! |
I am the Manu,
I am the Manu, Samoa! |
| Leader: Ia tau matua tau! | Let's go to the war! |
| Team: Tau tau tau matua tau! | Fight! Fight! Fight fiercely! |
| Leader:Toe tau! | Never give up! |
| Team: Tau tau tau matua tau! | Fight! Fight! Fight fiercely! |
| Leader:Ia fai ia mafai | Work to achieve! |
| Team: O lo'u fatu lea, | Here is my heart |
| O lo'u loto lea, | Here is my soul, |
| O a'u o le toa! | I am a warrior! |
| Leader: Sau ia! | Let's go! |
| Ia e faatafa ma e soso ese | Make way and move aside |
| Leaga o lenei manu e uiga ese | Because this Manu is unique |
| Le Manu Samoa | The Manu Samoa |
| Le Manu Samoa | The Manu Samoa |
| O a'u o le toa | I am a warrior |
| O'au le Manu, Samoa! | I am the Manu, Samoa! |
This version of the Siva Tau, similar to the version used by the Manu Samoa in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, is used by the Samoa national rugby league team, however, differently from the prior version, the final lines are similar to the Siva Tau performed by the Manu Samoa.
| Samoa, o ai le Toa? | Samoa, are you brave? |
| Team: O ai le Toa!
O ai le Toa, Samoa! |
We are the brave!,
We are the Toa, Samoa! |
| Samoa, o ai le Toa? | Samoa, are you brave? |
| Team: O ai le Toa!
O ai le Toa, Samoa! |
We are the brave!,
We are the Toa, Samoa! |
| Leader: Samoa, tatou o tatou tau! | Samoa, let's fight! |
| Team: Tau tau tau ia matua tau! | Fight! Fight! Fight fiercely! |
| Leader: Samoa, tatou o tatou tau! | Samoa, let's fight! |
| Team: Tau tau tau ia matua tau! | Fight! Fight! Fight fiercely! |
| Ia e faatafa ma e soso ese | Make way and move aside |
| Leaga o lenei toa e uiga ese | Because this Toa is unique |
| Le Toa Samoa | The Toa Samoa |
| Le Toa Samoa | The Toa Samoa |
| Le Toa Samoa e mai I Samoa | The Toa Samoa reigns from Samoa |
| Le Toa! | The Toa! |
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Tau ( ; uppercase Τ, lowercase τ or τ; Greek: ταυ [taf]) is the nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless dental or alveolar plosive IPA: [t]. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 300. The name in English is pronounced or , and in Greek it is [taf]. This is because the pronunciation of the combination of Greek letters αυ can have the pronunciation of either [ai], [av] or [af], depending on what follows and if a diaeresis is present on the second vowel or an accent mark is present on the first vowel in Greek orthography. Tau was derived from the Phoenician letter taw (𐤕). Letters that arose from tau include Latin T and Cyrillic Te (Т, т).
Tau Ceti is a single star in the constellation Cetus. Its name is a Bayer designation. Spectrally, this star is similar to the Sun, although it has only about 78% of the Sun's mass. At a distance of just under 12 light-years (3.7 parsecs) from the Solar System, it is a relatively nearby star and the closest solitary G-type star. The star appears stable, with little stellar variation, and is metal-deficient (low in elements other than hydrogen and helium) relative to the Sun. It can be seen with the unaided eye with an apparent magnitude of 3.5. As seen from Tau Ceti, the Sun would be in the northern hemisphere constellation Boötes with an apparent magnitude of about 2.6. Observations have detected more than ten times as much dust surrounding Tau Ceti as is present in the Solar System. Tau Ceti has been an object of interest for exoplanet searches, and a number of candidate planets have been proposed, but as of 2025 there remains no unambiguous evidence of planets. Because of its debris disk, any planet orbiting Tau Ceti would face far more impact events than present day Earth. Despite this hurdle to habitability, its solar analog (Sun-like) characteristics have led to widespread interest in the star. Given its stability, similarity and relative proximity to the Sun, Tau Ceti is consistently listed as a target for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).
The tau (τ, ), also called the tau lepton, tau particle or tauon, is an elementary particle similar to the electron, with negative electric charge and a spin of 1/2. Like the electron, the muon, and the three neutrinos, the tau is a lepton, and like all elementary particles with half-integer spin, the tau has a corresponding antiparticle of opposite charge but equal mass and spin. In the tau's case, this is the "antitau" (also called the positive tau). Tau particles are denoted by the symbol τ− and the antitaus by τ+. Tau leptons have a lifetime of 2.9×10−13 s and a mass of 1776.9 MeV/c2 (compared to 105.66 MeV/c2 for muons and 0.511 MeV/c2 for electrons). Because their interactions are very similar to those of the electron, a tau can be thought of as a much heavier version of the electron. Due to their greater mass, tau particles do not emit as much bremsstrahlung (braking radiation) as electrons; consequently they are potentially much more highly penetrating than electrons. Because of its short lifetime, the range of the tau is mainly set by its decay length, which is too small for bremsstrahlung to be noticeable. Its penetrating power appears only at ultra-high velocity and energy (above petaelectronvolt energies), when time dilation extends its otherwise very short path-length. As with the case of the other charged leptons, the tau has an associated tau neutrino, denoted by ντ.
The Manu Siva Tau is a Samoan war dance, performed by the Samoan sporting teams before each match. The national rugby union team used to perform the traditional 'Maulu'ulu Moa' on tour. Prior to the 1991 World Cup, the 'Manu' war chant was composed; it was considered more effective at psyching up players. The national Australian rules football team performs the Siva Tau at its International Cup appearances. In WWE, The Usos, as faces, performed the Siva Tau as part of their ring entrance. The Toa Samoa national rugby league team also perform the Siva Tau before each match (with the "Toa" replacing "Manu" in the words). The song "Le Manu" by the New Zealand metal band Shepherds Reign has the lyrics of the Siva Tau as performed by the Manu Samoa.
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