Lu'au
A Lūʻau (also Lu'au, Luau ) is the name for festivals in Hawaiʻi , derived from the name for taro tips . The combination of hula demonstration and traditional food is offered on all islands. The events are very different. In addition to the Old Lāhainā Lūʻau, which is considered to be relatively authentic, Lūʻau with a stronger Polynesian accent are also offered, with dances and customs from Tahiti , Samoa etc. a. to be shown.
In addition to the dance performances, the traditional Hawaiian food is the focus of the lūʻau, an earth oven imu is often used for this. For this purpose, a recess in the earth is laid out with hot stones. A Kalua pig is wrapped in banana and ti leaves, placed on the stones and covered with earth. The pig is baked in the Imu for a period of around nine hours. Laulau, a mixture of beef, pork, chicken or fish with taro tips wrapped in Ti leaves , is also baked in the Imu.
Family celebrations of the Hawaiian people are also known as Lūʻau. Here, too, certain dishes and social gatherings with music and hula play an important role, but it is more important to maintain social relationships, especially within the (extended) family ( Hawaiian ʻOhana ).
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- ↑ Lu'au in Hawaiian Dictionaries
- ↑ Cordyline fruticosa or Cordyline terminalis , cf. Cordyline terminalis , kī (1st) in Hawaiian Dictionaries
- ↑ see ʻOhana in the engl. Wikipedia