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meaning 'bitter';
other names for kava
include ʻawa (Hawaiʻi), ʻava (Samoa),
yaqona or
yagona (Fiji),
sakau (Pohnpei), seka (Kosrae), and
malok or
malogu (parts...
- Na
Yaqona vaka Turaga” (I will
respectfully mix the
Yaqona for the Chieftain).
After mixing, he
takes the
coconut s**** bowl and
fills it with
Yaqona. He...
-
pepper plant. The
plant itself is also
often referred to as
yaqona or the kava plant.
Yaqona is
extremely important in
indigenous Fijian culture – in the...
-
called a Bilo.
Yaqona is a
cousin of the
pepper plant (Kava) Then he cups his hands,
claps three times and
begins to
serve the
Yaqona in a Bilo (coconut...
- such as
ginger and cardamom. Kava is a
drink made from
powdered roots of
yaqona plants. The
powder is
placed in a
muslin cloth and
small amounts of water...
- also
important cultural figures, and the
production and
consumption of
yaqona was part of
their ceremonial and
community rites.
Fijians developed a monetary...
-
strict protocol ****ociated with
yaqona drinking. One
should clap once,
clasping the hands, take the cup, and
drink the
yaqona in a
single draft before returning...
- A
trapezoidal Chinese hammered dulcimer [C] Chinese: 揚琴
yaqona A
Fijian intoxicating beverage, kava [C][OED]
Fijian yaqona, in
which q
represents [ŋɡ]...
-
Elizabeth II;
Fijian coat of arms
Ceremonial presentation of
Tabua and
Yaqona 2007 10
April 2007
Fijian head and
electrotype 50 $100 156 × 67 mm Yellow...
- been the main
source of
income for
villages in the
Navatu tikina, kava or
yaqona is also
becoming a fast
growing commodity for
villages within the Navatu...
