Before we came to Papua New Guinea, we had heard people talk about this thing called a mumu. Others had tried to explain it to us and had even showed us pictures. But it wasn’t until our time in the tribe for bush orientation that we actually got to experience one first hand!
We thought that the best way to describe a mumu to you is through pictures. So, enjoy!! (Click on any of the pictures to see a larger version.)
After several hours of cooking (think of it as a giant crock pot in the ground), the time came to open it up and dish out the food.
Who would have guessed that cooked ferns were such a treat? But soaked with pig fat, I guess they are a big hit. It was quite interesting to watch them pull the leaves off the stem and munch away.
This mumu was a pretty big deal because they very rarely have meat!! And it was also a big deal because of the reason behind having the mumu. The pig belonged to one of the main Bible teachers. But he felt that the pig was getting in the way of him serving God. If God asked him to go somewhere else to teach, he always had to be worrying about taking care of his pig. So, he decided to butcher the pig and have this mumu to share the food with the other believers!! What a testimony!
We’ll end with a few miscellaneous mumu photos.