Samoan Language Week Learning - UMU TIME

Today, we had a Samoan Umu at school. Mr Faalili and some other men, Mr Malo and Mr Asiata came and set up the umu on our courts. 

They heated up the rocks before cooking any food. 

They cooked taro, green banana, chicken and pig. A WHOLE ENTIRE PIG! Everything was wrapped in tin foil. The layers of the umu are 1. Hot rocks. 2. Tin foiled food. 3. More hot rocks. 4. Wet cardboard. The wet cardboard keeps the heat inside.  

Mrs Faalili and some of the Senior Samoan girls made chopsuey for the whole school. 

After lunch play the whole school met on the courts and watched the umu open. The senior boys helped take the rocks off and the food off the umu. The girs helped serve the food. 

It was DELICIOUS!