Malo lelei and happy Tongan language week to all Tongans who are out there. Into days blog post i will be telling you about how my family Calibrate Tongan language week. So for Tongan language week me and my family cook some of our traditional dishes. Like ,pork,ota ika,or steamed pork,octopus. So then after we finish cooking we do a family prayer before we start eating. After we finish praying we start to dig in to the food.
Photo's of the dishes
pig. But if you were to pronounce it in Tongan it would
be puaka.
Octopus
Steam pork
MΔlΕ e lelei Pila. Thanks for sharing these traditional foods on your blog. Do you help out when preparing these foods? Do you have a favourite?
ReplyDeleteHi Pila, it sounds like your family really enjoys celebrating Tongan Language Week. I'm sure all that food would have been delicious. I really like ota ika, it's one of my favourites! Which is your favourite? It's great that your family is keeping up their Tongan traditions.
ReplyDeleteMalo Pila. I am feeling hungry just looking at the yummy food on your post. One of my favourite dishes in the poaka and ota ika. I was lucky to be in Cook Islands last holiday and we had an umu with poaka. Mmmm MMM. Do you have many of these dishes each week or just on special occasions?
ReplyDeleteoh yum Pila, These are all my fav dish. How did you tunu the puaka?
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