The linkage is materialised by a standardised entrance ceremony in which the chiefly ... “An Examination of Hierarchical Notions in Fijian Society: A Test Case for the Applicability of the Term ‘Chief ...

It is the Kava ceremony, a Fijian ritual where the kava plant root is pounded and mixed in a communal bowl, called a tano, and then shared usually with the tribal chief or honored guest that takes ...

They were given the traditional drink of kava, and attended ceremonies on Thursday ... without realising that touching a chief's head in Fiji is forbidden. The village - in the centre of the main ...

Accompanied by the beat of a wooden drum called a lali, a Fijian village chief greeted me upon arrival ... I watched a fire-walking ceremony, where members of the Sawau tribe fearlessly walked ...