Monday 25th May 2020
Samoan Language Week
Theme: 'Tapena Sou Oso Mo Lou Malaga' (Prepare yourself for a gift for your travels)
This event is my dad’s Niuean side of celebrating Christmas eve, this has been a family tradition ever since the passing of my Papa. This event is where we all get together and pick one family’s house to have the event. We get partners to give the hampers or Envelope to and we take Island food like Lusipi, Lu'au, Panikeke, Takihi and etc. If we are a little tired we just buy takeaways like Kfc and a platter from Great tong. This is how we get ready for this event. We prepare by Buying food for hampers then we go buy baskets and wrapping paper. We get home then put the hampers together so it's ready a day early so that we don’t need to rush on the day… It is now the next day and we are up, cooking, and getting ready. We usually cook the Takiki - Takihi is a sweet and savory dish with layers of Taro and Pawpaw, & poured on every individual layer is either Homemade Coconut Cream or Kara Coconut cream from the shop then Cooked for 2.3 hours in the Umu. The gift that we receive is getting to see our whole family as one in one house and seeing our Nana with us for another year.
