Cook Islanders on Rarotonga prepare an Umukai or Polynesian banquet of food cooked in an “Umu” (earth oven) filled with firewood and heated stones which the food, wrapped in banana leaves, is placed.

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Location: Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Photo credit: © Philip Game / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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