yaqona

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• It was known that yaqona had traditionally played an essential performative role in the installation of chiefs; publicly drinking the offered cup of yaqona transformed a potential successor into a consecrated chief.

  Academic text (1992)

• No ritual performance is complete without the presentation, preparation, and drinking of yaqona.

  Academic text (1992)

• In general, the yaqona ritual has become a medium for honoring representatives of church and state.

  Academic text (1992)

• Thus, the yaqona ritual draws upon the past, but it also remains meaningful in the present because it is seen as an expression of Fijian identity.

  Academic text (1992)

• There is a resonance here with Fijians' experience of yaqona ritual, which is also a form of communion.

  Academic text (1992)

• In pre-Christian Fiji, yaqona was drunk only by senior men; younger men's involvement was restricted.

  Academic text (1992)

• I have argued here that the efficacy of the yaqona ritual lies not only in what it means or expresses, but also in the behaviors required of those who participate.

  Academic text (1992)

• For example, on occasions when large amounts of yaqona are required (e.g., at weddings or funerals), someone must prepare the fresh or dried root for infusion in water, a tedious task reserved for the youngest men present.

  Academic text (1992)

• The elders led the yaqona ritual, emphasizing its importance in our cultural traditions.

• At the village event, they prepared the yaqona with great care, inviting everyone to join in the ceremony.

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