Every sunday everybody gets up and goes to church, and then comes home to eat the to'ona'i. Samoa is 98% Christian and they take the Sabbath very seriously! Saturday they (now we) get up early and go to the ma'umaga (plantation) to harvest the fruit and veggies, then we go home and build the umu (a stove of rocks) and do various other things to prepare for the meal on Sunday so that the maximum amount of time to rest is available.
So since this was our first To'ona'i, Jackie (our academic director) did all the work. We ate octopus, raw tuna, and many other random things. But it was all delicious! And we had our very own child to fan us. We should get this child-fanning-your-food thing going in the states asap.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Our first To'ona'i
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Malo blog entry! I miss Samoa and Amerika Samoa. I was looking up the term to'ona'i to put in a publication that I am just now writing after living and working in Pago with the Dept of Health. Thanks for this correct spelling.
soifua,
Ionatana
palagi now in Atlanta
LMao, i like your child fanning part, coming from a samoan family, no matter wat age you are, im 33, and still have to do the fanning the food part. hahahahahaha.
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