"Ah, yes! See, at the beginning of the year, the island experienced a famine. More people had arrived than the harvest was entirely prepared for. But some radio host or something prayed to Celestine and her answer was a sweet potato that doesn't run out, however much is cut out of it. So this is a feast to give thanks, using her gift. But not too much because a month full of sweet potato was A Lot."

He's all smiles and enthusiasm as he explains, and as he fills a plate with a little of everything.