I spent the evening at the village of The Mitai tribe of Maori.
There were 60 of us from 13 different nations and we enjoyed a cultural evening of maori performances of traditional dances, songs and the Hukka! It was meant to be intimidating and it was!
The Maori chief explained more about their weapons, dress and way of life. The concert was in the middle of the forest.
Then we ate the traditional Hangi meal of Lamb, chicken and Potatoes steamed in a pit in the forest. It was very tasty!
After dinner, we were taken on a tour in the forest with torches to see glow- worms and a sulpuric scared stream with eels!
It was quite a surreal evening but very memorable.
There are 70 different Maori tribes on the North Island and the bus driver was telling me that every year they meet for Hukka competitions with each other! A bit like the Maori Olmypics! He told me it was quite a sight!
yo fellow hairy one! its wierd reading your blog without already knowing the contents! sounds like you are having a wonderful time!! how come you got the pools to yourself?? very nice! glad you like the hangi food! We missed you at hub tonight.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, as al said, what did you carve -was it a beard? or sideburns?
miss you. lots of love xxx