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Hawaiian · Feast Format
The lūʻau (already HI-33) as a format: a communal feast with specific required dishes. The core: kalua pig (the centrepiece), poi, lomi-lomi salmon, chicken long rice, poke, laulau, haupia, and ʻuala (sweet potato). Optional: squid lūʻau, pipikaula, ʻopihi, fried fish. The lūʻau is the Hawaiian expression of the Pacific communal feast (Samoan toʻonaʻi, Filipino kamayan, Māori hāngi feast). The food is inseparable from the format: everyone eats together, the hostʻs generosity is measured by the abundance of food, and leaving hungry is a failure of hospitality.
Hawaiian
1. EXCEPTIONAL: A lūʻau with every required dish present, in generous quantities, served communally.
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