Note 14 — Introductory material (continued 4)

The boy then reached for the calabash, took out some wood already split up into small pieces and tied up into a bundle, took off the string and let the wood fall out; he next reached for a small bundle of pebbles, to serve as stones for his umu, placed them on the wood and started the fire; he next reached for a piece of kukui wood,14 called puaa, which was made into the shape of a pig; he next reached for the cord and proceeded to wind it around one end of the piece of wood. At the process of winding the string, a squeaking noise was heard, to which the boy said: “What a squeaking pig this is.” He then placed it on the umu and peeled off the bark leaving the white wood exposed; the next thing was to cut it open which he did and took out a piece of pork and portions of the offal of a pig, which had already been wrapped up in this piece of wood, and he then went through the act of cooking it in the umu. After the supposed pig was put in the umu, he reached for a few pieces of umu covering from his calabash and covered up the umu.