. They might place pumpkins on doorsteps and paste cardboard pilgrims on windown, but chances are there will also be a turkey or a pig roasthing under the ground in an earth over, or imu.
Cooking in an imu is an ancient Islands custom that requires much work and cooperation among family members. Perparation begin several days 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.