An American Holiday, Hawaiian Style

An American Holiday, Hawaiian Style
firework. hot dogs. Bands marching down Main street. These are the picture that come to many people's mind when they think of U.S. holidays. but the United States is a vast country made up of people from many different cultures, and the celebrating of holidays reflects this diversity.

In the Chinatown section of san Francisco, rice and snow peas are a part of many holiday meals. In New Mexico, one might encounter chili peppers, piñatas, and Mexican music on the Fourth of july. In Hawaii, one popular way to celebrate a holiday is with a feast, or luau, which has been a Hawaiian tradition for centuries

Hawaii is the only state in the united State that was once an independent country with its own language and culture. Today, many Hawaiians continue to celebrate traditional Hawaiian holiday, such as prince Kuhio day, Kamehameha Day and Aloha week. In celebration of their Hawaiian ancestry, Islanders might dress in traditional clothes such as loose dresses called muumuus or colorful shirts. Around their necks they might wear leis, or rings of flowers.


Even when it comes to celebrating a traditional American holiday such as Thankgiving , Hawaiians give it their own special flavor. They might place pumpkins on doorsteps and paste cardboard pilgrims on windows, but chances are there will also be a turkey or a pig roasting under the ground in an earth oven or imu


Cooking in an imu is an ancient Islands custom that requires much work and cooperation among family members. Preparations begin several day before Thanksgiving, when the family goes down to the beach or to the mouth of a stream to fill sacks with smooth, rounded lava stones. They choose the stones carefully for their shape and size and for the presence of holes that will prevent the rocks from exploding when they are heated.

To prepare the imu, the men first dig a large hole in the shape of a bowl about three feet wide and two feet deep. They then line the bottom and side of the hole with the lave rocks. Firewood is cut and piled up, ready for the holiday morning when a first is lit inside the hole. As the first gets bigger and hotter, more rocks placed in the hole. finally, the lava rocks get so hot they glow red and white. The fire is then brushed aside, and several of the hot rocks are place inside the turkey or pig . the meat is then wrapped in the long, broad leaves of the ti plant and tied up tightly with wire.

Before a pig or turkey is place in the imu, chopped pieces of banana plant are spread over the hot rocks. The white, juicy lining of this plant makes a lot of stream, but it can also cause a bitter taste.
So ti leaves are layered over it. Finally, the pig or turkey is placed in the imu, along with sweet potatoes, pineapple, plantain, vegetable and even fresh fire all wrapped in ti leaves.

More hot rocks are spread over their bundles of food, then more ti leaves, a layer of wet sacks, and a canvas covering. Dirt is shoveled into the hole and patted down smoothly. Not a trace can be seen of either the meal or the earth oven in which it is cooking.

Three to four hour later, the dirt is shoveled away. The men dip their hands in cold water and then quickly remove the burned leaves and rocks, allowing delicious smells to emerge from the oven. The bundles of cooked food are taken out, uncovered, and placed on platters, ready for a different kind of Thanksgiving meal, cooked and served Hawaiian style.

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An American Holiday, Hawahi Style
firework. gbona awọn aja. Igbohunsafefe marching si isalẹ Ifilelẹ ita. Awọn wọnyi ni o wa awọn aworan ti o wá si ọpọlọpọ awọn eniyan ká okan nigba ti won ro ti US holidays. ṣugbọn awọn United States jẹ tiwa ni a ṣe orilẹ-ede soke ti awọn eniyan lati ọpọlọpọ awọn oriṣiriṣi asa, ati awọn isinmi ti ayẹyẹ imọlẹ yi oniruuru. Ni awọn Chinatown apakan ti San Francisco, iresi ati egbon Ewa ni o wa ni apa kan ti ọpọlọpọ awọn isinmi ounjẹ. Ni New Mexico, ọkan le ba pade Ata ata, piñatas, ati Mexico ni music lori awọn kerin ti Keje. Ni Hawaii, ọkan gbajumo ona lati ayeye a isinmi jẹ pẹlu kan àse, tabi luau, eyiti o ti a Hawahi atọwọdọwọ fun sehin Hawaii ni awọn nikan ni ipinle ni apapọ State ti o wà ni kete ti ohun ominira orilẹ-ede pẹlu awọn oniwe-ara ede ati asa. Loni, ọpọlọpọ awọn Hawaiians tesiwaju lati ayeye ibile Hawahi isinmi, gẹgẹ bi awọn olori Kuhio ọjọ, Kamehameha Day ati Aloha ọsẹ. Ni ajoyo ti won Hawahi diran, Islanders le imura ni ibile aṣọ iru aso ti a npe ni bi alaimuṣinṣin muumuus tabi lo ri seeti. Ni ayika won necks nwọn ki o le wọ leis, tabi oruka ti awọn ododo. Ani nigba ti o ba de si ṣe ayẹyẹ a ibile American isinmi bi Thankgiving, Hawaiians fun o pataki ara wọn adun. Nwọn ki o le gbe Pumpkins on loko pa siwaju ati lẹẹ paali pilgrims on windows, ṣugbọn Iseese ni o wa nibẹ ni yio tun je a Tọki tabi a ẹlẹdẹ roasting labẹ awọn ilẹ ni ohun adiro aiye tabi imu Sise ni ohun imu wa ni ohun atijọ Islands aṣa ti o nbeere Elo iṣẹ ati ifowosowopo laarin ebi ẹgbẹ. Ipalemo bẹrẹ orisirisi ọjọ ki o to Thanksgiving, nigbati awọn ebi lọ si isalẹ lati awọn eti okun tabi si awọn ti ẹnu a san lati kun àpo pẹlu dan, ti yika lava okuta. Wọn yan awọn okuta fara fun wọn apẹrẹ ati iwọn ati ki fun awọn niwaju ti awọn ihò ti yoo se awọn apata lati exploding nigba ti won ti wa ni kikan. Lati ṣeto awọn imu, awọn ọkunrin akọkọ ma wà iho kan ti o tobi ninu awọn apẹrẹ ti a ekan nipa mẹta ẹsẹ jakejado ati meji ẹsẹ jin. Won ki o si laini awọn isalẹ ati ẹgbẹ ti awọn iho apata pẹlu awọn lave. Firewood ti wa ni ge ati kó soke, setan fun awọn isinmi owurọ nigbati a akọkọ ti wa ni tan inu awọn iho. Bi awọn igba akọkọ ti n tobi ati ki o hotter, diẹ apata gbe ninu awọn iho. nipari, awọn lava apata gba ki gbona nwọn alábá pupa ati funfun. Awọn iná wa ni ki o si ti ha akosile, ati orisirisi awọn ti awọn apata gbona ni o wa ibi inu awọn ẹlẹdẹ Tọki tabi. awọn eran ti wa ni ki o si we ninu awọn gun, ọrọ leaves ti awọn ti ọgbin ati ti so soke ni wiwọ pẹlu okun waya. Ṣaaju ki a ẹlẹdẹ tabi Tọki ni ibi ninu awọn imu, ge ona ti ogede ọgbin ti wa ni tan lori awọn gbona apata. The funfun, sisanra ti awọ ti yi ọgbin mu ki a pupo ti san, sugbon o tun le fa a kikorò lenu. Nitorina ti leaves ti wa ni siwa lori o. Níkẹyìn, awọn ẹlẹdẹ tabi Tọki ti wa ni gbe ninu awọn imu, pẹlú pẹlu dun poteto, ope oyinbo, plantain, Ewebe ati paapa alabapade iná gbogbo we ni ti leaves. Die gbona apata ti wa ni tan lori wọn edidi ti ounje, ki o si siwaju sii ti leaves, a Layer ti tutu àpo, ati a kanfasi ibora. Dirt ti wa ni shoveled sinu iho ki o si owo mọlẹ laisiyonu. Ko a kakiri le ti wa ni ri ti boya awọn onje tabi awọn aiye lọla ni eyi ti o ti wa ni sise. mẹta si mẹrin wakati nigbamii, awọn o dọti ti wa ni shoveled kuro. Awọn ọkunrin fibọ ọwọ wọn ni tutu omi ati ki o ni kiakia yọ awọn iná leaves ati apata, gbigba ti nhu n run lati farahan lati lọla. Awọn awọn edidi ti jinna ounje ti wa ni ya jade, uncovered, ati ki o gbe lori platters, setan fun a ti o yatọ Iru Thanksgiving onje, ati ki o jinna yoo wa Hawahi ara.