Kustom dance and Feast on Maewo.... Dives Bay
Chief Nelson was keen to arrange a kustom dance and feast for us and other yachites in the bay. We had hoped that we we come across an actual village celebration, not because we didn't want to pay, but because we wanted and authentic village experince rather than a staged preformance.
The Feast
At this point of our voyage I was really craving meat and looking forward to the roast pig. (I indulge in Nostalgic thoughts, of childhood pig hunting trips with lots of relo's, dogs, guns, hot summers, swimming........)
wherre was I yes the feast.... The roast pig was not what I expected as you can see it is difficult to recognize it as a pig and does not look roasted.... Where is the cracklin??? and it really put me off, the way it was splayed with all the ribs exposed it almost looked human! I had had concerns that we order pig in the morning and are eating it at night, because I recall on those hunting trips we had to wait three days before we could eat any pork as the meat needs to set! (how are all you vego's coping with this? ) So the meat was very disapointing and I only took acouple of small mouth fulls. everyone else seemed to enjoy the food and I did well to keep this personal drama just that, sharing my thooughts with no one. The dancers were fantastic ...it amazes me how much music can be made with the human voice, a few seed shells tied on vines to the ankles, sticks and a log can make! (Hmmm my son has about 3computers 6 speakers and electric guitar, a keyboard..... you get my point!).
watching the village children outside imitating the adult dancers was just as entertaining and they were very good, and I guess will be preforming in the future.
The little poppet in the pink is the Chiefs grand daughter, Neesha she was just so cute!
Damm spell chek not working!
Chief Nelson was keen to arrange a kustom dance and feast for us and other yachites in the bay. We had hoped that we we come across an actual village celebration, not because we didn't want to pay, but because we wanted and authentic village experince rather than a staged preformance.
The Feast
At this point of our voyage I was really craving meat and looking forward to the roast pig. (I indulge in Nostalgic thoughts, of childhood pig hunting trips with lots of relo's, dogs, guns, hot summers, swimming........)
wherre was I yes the feast.... The roast pig was not what I expected as you can see it is difficult to recognize it as a pig and does not look roasted.... Where is the cracklin??? and it really put me off, the way it was splayed with all the ribs exposed it almost looked human! I had had concerns that we order pig in the morning and are eating it at night, because I recall on those hunting trips we had to wait three days before we could eat any pork as the meat needs to set! (how are all you vego's coping with this? ) So the meat was very disapointing and I only took acouple of small mouth fulls. everyone else seemed to enjoy the food and I did well to keep this personal drama just that, sharing my thooughts with no one. The dancers were fantastic ...it amazes me how much music can be made with the human voice, a few seed shells tied on vines to the ankles, sticks and a log can make! (Hmmm my son has about 3computers 6 speakers and electric guitar, a keyboard..... you get my point!).
watching the village children outside imitating the adult dancers was just as entertaining and they were very good, and I guess will be preforming in the future.
The little poppet in the pink is the Chiefs grand daughter, Neesha she was just so cute!
Damm spell chek not working!
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