![]() ![]() Reminder: Please don’t husk a coconut with your mouth, but please kiss your mother with that mouth, as today is Mother’s Day. Of course, your watching experience will be more than just awe because Te'o-Tafiti is also funny and incredibly charming. You think you’re not going to be that impressed but, trust me, you will be. In the video, Chief Kap Te'o-Tafiti in the Samoan Village at the PCC first husks a coconut in the traditional way, then he rips one apart using his teeth. He is the senior cultural advisor of the Polynesian Cultural Center, a 42-acre living museum that depicts the history of societies in Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, Fiji and beyond. It is an impressive feat, but it’s not quite as impressive as at least one other method. This is Kap Te’o Tafiti, the entertainer and educator who has spread knowledge about the Pacific Islands for nearly 40 years. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. If you have seen someone husk a coconut (perhaps at the Polynesian Cultural Center on Oahu where this video was filmed), you know the traditional way to open a coconut is on sharpened bamboo that’s secured in the ground. Now these are some strong teeth Chief Kap Teo-Tafiti of our Samoan Village shows how to husk a coconut. They’re encased in a thick, fibrous outer shell that usually requires a sharp object and some level of strength and skill to get the blasted (and delicious) thing open. If you think opening a husked coconut is easy, you probably haven’t seen someone husk a coconut. LAIE, Hawaii - There’s more than one way to skin a cat, and it turns out there’s more than one way to husk a coconut. ![]() Reading or replaying the story in itsĪrchived form does not constitute a republication of the story. He is a world class edutainer, who has educated, and entertained, Church and Government Leaders, Celebrities, and millions of people annually, in the last 20 years. in Art 3D from BYU-Hawaii is the Senior Ambassador for the Polynesian Cultural Center. Only for your personal, non-commercial use. Kap, born and raised in Samoa, Savaii and Upolu, holds B.A. ![]()
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