What is a Umu? What does it need,What is it for:
Umu is something Traditionally for all Islanders in the Pacific Islands. It is need for our food made underground or a hut to put our food in and cook it there, it is for our food that we make for the people to come and eat.
How are Traditional Samoan skills taught:
It is taught if you are listening carefully to what they are saying and looking at what they are doing and knowing why they are doing it and how to do it.
Is there something you've Experienced similar to an Umu? What was it, Where did you experience it: I noticed that what we do is different because we don't always use underground for our food but we use pots for food and sometimes use a native oven for roasting pigs and in tongan we call it Puaka Tunu.
What types of things are cooked in an Umu:
Maybe Lo'i Ho'osi- It is horse with Coconut cream made together, Taro,Lu Sipi- Meat with Coconut cream and taro leaves , Fish and Coconut cream, Banana, Kuku- Mussels, and Manioke- Cassava.
Talofa lava Loloma!
ReplyDeleteYou shared some beautiful work today! I like that through your blog post I learned more about how the Pacific Islanders use umu to cook food and the difference between Samoan umu and Tongan umu.
What was your favourite activity we did today about Samoa?
- Miss Birtch