The 3 Te Ara Reo classes went away to Puniho Marae last weekend as part of our course. It was a fantastic weekend of workshops and all kinds of fun but the best bit was Saturday dinner.
The wahine (women) got the do the hangi which is normally a job for the tane (blokes) only. So these hands (note impressive amount of dirt under nails) with these friends dug this fabulous hole...
built a serious driftwood fire which produced a pile of seriously hot rocks...
which go into the hole, a flax mat goes on top of the rocks and then a huge basket of food goes on top of that. The whole thing is then covered in water soaked cloths and sacks, the dirt is piled back on top and you wait for 4 hours.
and when you take it all apart you hang up the washing before...
the cooks sing in the dinner which, according to very reliable sources was one of the best hangi ever. Yay us!
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