Another source of income for the villagers is to invite you to their house for lunch or dinner. We had arrived a couple of days too late for the family who lay on a veritable feast of fish, chicken and lobster accompanied by dancing but were happy to try lunch with another family which was a great way of getting a bit closer to how life in the village works. The spoke a little English and we spoke a little French so we got by. The piece of paper is a list of common phrases in the local Marquesan language that Mike asked them to do for us. He now gets a great reaction everywhere we go as he tries them out.
Once again we did some exchanging for fruit but in the absence of our own machete (or Kukri!) we asked the man of the house to do the prep. |
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We asked about Tapa, the traditional local craft of making a cloth from the bark of the breadfruit tree, and out came the carnival outfit for one of the children. It was very carefully stored and a real work of art. Turmeric root is used to give the yellow colour.
