Pics from Tanna living - Part 2
Kokamo's Pacifc Meanderings
Tom and Rachel
Wed 11 Aug 2010 21:44
 Walking to another
village - '2 creeks away.' The villages are on the only flat land on
the top of ridges - so to travel between them involves steep walks down
hills to a creek, and back up again.
 Hmmm... sugar
cane
 Supreme Chief Kowia's
grave in Iakel. The very old chief who sent the ambassadors with their
messages to the UK and US - the last of his generation - died late last
year. When I made a speech to the village (there is always much
speechmaking) the women were in tears because they remembered last time I spoke
their, the Supreme Chief was still alive.
 Albi with his grandson
Gavin
 Grating taro on a
spiky stick to make the famous (and famously stodgy) lap-lap. The taro
paste with some coconut cream is wrapped in island spinach, then parcelled
in banana leaves and put on hot stones in the fire to bake.
 Johnny's house that we
stayed in at Ianalaol
 A speech by Chief Yapa
to conclude our discussions about a possible Kastom school - the occasion, and
our gift of some school materials, marked by a very large kava plant, a black
chicken and a pig (all shortly to be consumed)
 Rachel with Yawillem -
Chief Yapa's wife
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