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SAMOA | Thursday, 4 July 2013 | Views [1969] | View Larger Image

Samoan culture is highly social and here the use of the coconut tree leaves can be seen used for leg and neck decorations for the dancers and musicians performing the traditional fire dance at the end of an evenings meal and entertainment.

Traditional Cooking, Of course the coconut provides food and ingredients for cooking. The tree also provides other uses in this activity. The basket in the foreground is woven from coconut tree leaves and is used to collect banana leaves for covering the traditional “stone” oven during cooking and gathering cooked foods when done. The coconut shell is used as a container to heat liquid foods, such as this tuna in coconut cream being ladled (by a shell) in the picture.

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