Feast of Stone Grill is a traditional ritual of Papuans who serves as thanksgiving for blessings. This ceremony is performed at weddings, welcoming special guests, the ceremony of death and evidence of inter-ethnic peace.
This ceremony is mainly carried interest in the Baliem Valley, the cook and process food by burning stones. Each region and tribe has its own terms, for example, people call it gapiia Paniai, Wamena people call this kit isagoa Oba, while the Biak people call barapen.
At a party held the stone burned, clearly visible solidarity and togetherness among the people of Papua, so often used as a rallying citizens arena. Feast of fuel stone has three stages.
The first stage is the preparation, ie, gathering firewood and stones used for cooking. Stone and wood are stacked in such a way and then burned to run out of wood and stone into heat.
Then the next stage is the process of cooking or burning. Typically, animals that will be cooked the pig. At this stage, each tribe will submit a pig, then head of the tribe to take turns shooting at the pigs.
Then the women would prepare the pork, slicing and preparing other ingredients such as vegetables. Men will make the holes are coated reeds and banana leaves. Stones that have been hot and then placed in the hole using a clamp made of wood.
Above the hot stones were then coated again with reeds, and placed the pig will be cooked, then covered it with leaves. Foliage back is covered with hot stones, then covered with thick leaves.
After the leaves thick, coated with vegetable leaves and hot stones are put back on it. This cooking process takes 60 to 90 minutes. Once cooked, the food will be laid on the grass and then given the juice of red fruit, fruit typical of Papua, which coupled with flavor and salt.
The final stage is to eat together. The process of eating cooked foods that have been initiated with the head of the tribe, then a member of his tribe. Everyone would sit around the food and got the same parts.
Feast of Stone Grill is the most anticipated event Papuans. They are even willing to leave the field to prepare for this feast
