1. Taro Root: Colocasia esculenta, Hawaiians (all Islands). Known as lo’I or kalo, and used to make poi, taro root is a vegetable sacred to the nourishment of all those at the table. It is believed that when poi, a taro root recipe, is placed on the table, there is only peace and no conflicts between family. Taro is seen as the Hawaiian spirit of Haola, the ancestor of the Hawaiian people.
2. Wild Boar: Sus scrofa Linnaeus. Hawaiians (all islands). Pua’a. Sometimes believed to be the Polynesian Pig or European Pig, this variety of wild boar is used in cooking and in the lu’au. The pork is the main dish and there is a specific ritual as to how to cook the pork and what to do with the carcass. Also, sometimes the teeth are worn as jewelry after hunting and cooking the animal.
There's also some plant life used as medicine and in lei's that might be worth mentioning in everyone else's blog entries.
2. Wild Boar: Sus scrofa Linnaeus. Hawaiians (all islands). Pua’a. Sometimes believed to be the Polynesian Pig or European Pig, this variety of wild boar is used in cooking and in the lu’au. The pork is the main dish and there is a specific ritual as to how to cook the pork and what to do with the carcass. Also, sometimes the teeth are worn as jewelry after hunting and cooking the animal.
There's also some plant life used as medicine and in lei's that might be worth mentioning in everyone else's blog entries.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.