Cliff Diving and Luau
On Tuesday Evening they went to the Sheraton Hotel for dinner - and for the cliff diving ritual. First there was Hawaiian entertainment including a hula. Then just at sunset, a native man came out and lit tiki torches all along the beach out to a cliff on a volcanic rock pier jutting into the ocean. Then, when the last torch was lit, he dived off of the four story cliff into the ocean. This is a ritual to welcome in the night. Mar said it was real cool. As he walked through the crowd lighting the torches, he would stop and tell people about the ritual. He was an "older gentleman" (Mar said about 40-45). Mar really was impressed the whole thing.
The luau was on Wednesday night. They had a good dinner with a real pit roasted pig (which they paraded through the dining area on a huge wooden platter. Then they had entertainment from the different South Pacific islands. It was very cool. No, Mar did not try poi.
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what is poi?
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