Every year in the middle of February, Tinian has a Hot Pepper Festival.
This year is was February 13, 14, and 15.
We attended on the 13 and 14th.
This local man is creating a palm frond covering. He also made his hat.
Here is the finished product.
I was so impressed with the creativity used to create each booth. They used palm fronds, ferns, coconuts, fruits and bamboo.
The back wall of this booth is covered with fern leaves.
Here they used bamboo.
A beautiful floral arrangement made of different dried plants.
This is one of my favorites, they covered the pillars with citrus fruits. Mandarin oranges are actually green here, and so are lemons.
We found a booth with fresh coconut milk! :)
Island Halo-halo Fiesta is the name of this pretty dessert drink. The purple stuff on top is a sweet potato which they boil with milk and sugar. It also contains other fruits, ice cream, ice, caramel. Chris really liked it. I was not a big fan.
This is our friend Matthew, he made the necklace he is wearing. It is made from shells he found on the beaches on Tinian.
Our friend, Alan participated in the triathlon (held early Saturday morning). The necklace he is wearing is made from seeds gathered in the jungles.
Alan insisted that I take his necklace, I insisted on a picture.
Saturday night there was a special program with native dances and chants performed.
Other activities that happened this weekend are canoe races, chili pepper eating contests, volleyball tournament and tug of war.
Tinian chili peppers are very small, but they pack a big punch.
The peppers are not even as big around as a pencil, and about an half inch long (or less).
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