726. Qaravi yaqona = Kava ceremony
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1978-06
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Jean Charlot
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Qaravi yaqona = Kava ceremony
Kava ceremony
Kava ceremony
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"Crushed, the root of the plant is diluted into a liquid that smells and tastes of earth even more than water. Each step of kava making obeys rules evolved along the centuries. Here the mixing bowl is shaped in the highly stylized image of a turtle. On occasions, a rope of fiber decorated with shells is stretched from the bowl towards the major guest. The master of ceremony, a sage well versed in genealogical lore, sees to it that the order in which the single coconut cup is presented around obeys a most exacting protocol." Charlot, p. 10.
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Colors: black, brown, light blue, tan, blue tone; size: image 17 x 22 in. on sheet 20 x 26 in.; medium: rag paper.
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Tradition, Ritual, Fiji--In art, Lithograph, American--20th century, Indigenous peoples--Fiji--Pictorial works.
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Copyright Jean Charlot Estate, LLC with permission.
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