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Luau vs Hangi - What's the difference?

luau | hangi |

As nouns the difference between luau and hangi

is that luau is an elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment while hangi is a traditional Māori method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven.

luau

English

(wikipedia luau)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment.

    • See also

    * hula

    References

    * Pukui, Mary Kawena; Samuel H. Elbert (1986), Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, ISBN 0-8248-0703-0, p. 214 ----

    hangi

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia hangi)
  • (New Zealand) A traditional method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven.