My early Easter!

So today is Saturday and today me and my family are celebrating Easter. My aunty and grandmother (from my mum's side) had come over to celebrate Easter with us! We are having a hangi. A Hangi is when food like meat, kumara etc are cooked underground. Our set up is in our backyard! If you have done hangi before, comment down below and say when the last time you had one.

 Anyways, we had put our food in a deep hole that was dug at our backyard. We put, stones, wood and more into the hole to make fire and heat, Then we waited for the heat to increase then we put our food in. After it got hot, we took all the wood out but left the stones in. Now we left the stones in because that's what kept the heat inside the hole. If we left the wood in, it probably wood have turned into dust. Then it was time to put our food in the hole! Now if you're wondering, wouldn't your food get dirt on it? Well, we put our food into a circular tray and most of the food was covered with tin foil. When we put our food into the hole we covered it with tin foil, a wet sheet (to stop from catching fire,) then a blue tarp and lastly something that looks like a potato sack! After doing so, we covered the food with the dirt that was dug up!

 We waited for the food to cook and so everyone left to clean themselves. After a while we got our food, took it out of the tray and put it into tins! We waited for everyone to return to our home and we started to eat! Before we started eating we blessed the food. After praying we started eating! My favorite food that I got to eat probably had to be the Lu! Lu, is meat (like corn beef or lamb or any kind) coconut cream and onions wrapped in taro leaves! 

We had lots of fun this Easter and hope for the same next year! Remember not to have to much chocolate!