poi

The traditional staple food of Hawaii, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.

A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream.

A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string.

A traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball.

Alternative form of poee (“Goan flatbread”).