Kalo...

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Two beautiful young kanaka ʻoiwi helping to peel freshly steamed taro corms, or kalo paʻa, to prepare them for mashing with the poi pounder...

Slicing them up to make them easier to pound...

Digging out imperfections...

Scraping off the outer skin...

Washing as you work...

Peel, scrape, dig, wash...

Young kanaka ʻoiwi carrying on the tradition of caring for Haloa. How profoundly beautiful...

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