Show I HAVE DA DAY AT CALDERS Mauris ais and Samoans Loin Join in Native Sports and Feasts I WEDDING IS A FEATURE TONGUE AND DRESS OF ZEALAND TY F Few W more picturesque outings have been bam given gen In Salt Lake than that h held ld yesterday W kv the Pacific Islanders at Calders parK parI the l atur of which was wasa a native marriage ceremony In which the native customs and languages of two tribes a of the New Zealand group wore strictly adhered to Polynesian day drew hundreds to the park and their reward was no small one The two features for which the crowd M as eSpecially eager were the marriage and the marriage feast Those taking port part In the marriage I ceremony are all returned Mormon el elders I ders thoroughly familiar with OUS roles they essayed In Iii addItion to thes who took the principal parts there were severa several native wo men one of whom Mrs Mere sang It a song in her own tongue inviting the couple and the tho au audience thence to partake In the wedding t feast ast James N Lambert was the angi maid for lor whose hand the bold warrior E B P iP Brown Brownt sued h his loader leader chief of the The part of the latter was taken by George Bowles Ceremony on Race Track The ceremony began aboUt 4 p m mon mon on the tho race track and just In front of f the grand stand Elder Goddard ex explained that It was to b be merely a rep representation re of the native and 1 that no real knot would be tied I He explained that one of the warriors of the tribe desired to wed weda I a girl As 8 the for iner tribe has Its habitat In UH the east I ern em part of New Zealand and the latter tribe In the King country the prospective groom must overcome nat natural 1 ural hostility with diplomacy The Tue chiefs of the respective sides representatives of the bride and gr groom X m I Bowles the Ule groom and another tribes tribesman tribesman man lined up on one side aIde facing Har Hard Hardy d dy the bride and a Bowles than chanted the fame of the tho groom ant called on Hardy to tell of the qualities of the bride A quarrel ensued over their thir merits and for a time war threatened to succeed wooing peace was restored and then came the the native greeting of peace ThIs consists of the contestants and b and groom touching foreheads ana noses embrace being ac at intervals by mOurnful wails Wedding Feast Held Following and the t tying ing of the flaxen rope rop 51 of nl nial l bonds the wooding wedding feast was held heldA heldA A large hole bal luul been some hours previous and stones heated on an im immense mense bell betI of coals On the hot rocks reeds And greens were placed on top of these fish then sweet potatoes and oth r finall finally fat hams The whole was saturated with water and the clouds or of steam which cooked the dinner Were kept In by wet sacks It took about one hour to cook as In inviting a fish vegetables and moot meat as one could desire and this was supplemented by watermelons and ban bananas anus anas The feast was served in th pa pavilion pavilion a 0 In Polynesian barbecue Following the dinner diving and sWimming contests were held those participating being native Samoans |