Coconuts

The coconut chopping contest in Vaitahu, July 2013. The woman behind me is chopping coconuts (with an axe); I’m removing the meat from the shell with a special tool called a kakau. My partner and I won second place–woohoo! Mostly because he has stellar vahi te e’ehi skills…

Ua kakau ‘au te e’ehi i Vaitahu, te mahina taku’ua, 2013.