A Taste of the Umu with Aunty Aisa – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

Shepparton Culture Kitchen will offer an experience of Samoan food and culture at Kidstown on Saturday 2nd April from 2:00pm.

n Samoa, food is still cooked the way it has been for millenia, in a ground oven of hot stones called an umu. This special event will be a rare opportunity to be immersed in flavours, stories and culture of the Islands with a traditional umu experience.

From watching the stones being laid and the fire being lit, to learning how to weave a plate the Island way and gathering around to hear Aunty Aisa talk about Fa’a Samoa (the Island way), the day will finish with a feast of delicious, traditional Island umu dishes.

A Taste of the Umu has been developed by local Samoan woman Leaisa Pele in collaboration with artist Jamie Lewis and is one of a series of participatory arts experiences being offered as part of the Shepparton Culture Kitchen project.

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Saturday 2 April 2022
2:00 pm – 6:30 pm AEDT
KidsTown – Adventure Playground
7287 Midland Highway
Mooroopna, VIC 3629

Shepparton Culture Kitchen is a significant arts initiative centring the voices and lived experiences of diverse local women, to build a future in which our communities are connected through empowering, healthy and sustainable food cultures. With new discourse around health equity Shepparton Culture Kitchen is radically reimagining how systemic health issues can be addressed from a community self-determined approach.

A Taste of the Umu with Aunty Aisa

Shepparton Culture Kitchen is presented by Multicultural Arts Victoria, VicHealth, Greater Shepparton City Council and POD Studio.

	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.