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- noun The
Fijian national drink;kava .
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More commonly, however, exchanges are direct, each man bringing to the village green his taro, yaqona, yams or fish and exchanging with his neighbors; the rare disputes being settled by the village chief.
Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous
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More commonly, however, exchanges are direct, each man bringing to the village green his taro, yaqona, yams or fish and exchanging with his neighbors; the rare disputes being settled by the village chief.
The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915 Scientific Monthly 1915
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For the isevusevu, we wear a sulu (think wraparound skirt), sit on the floor and bring a bundle of yaqona or kava root (a plant in the pepper family) to show respect.
NYT > Home Page By MARK HAY 2011
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For the isevusevu, we wear a sulu (think wraparound skirt), sit on the floor and bring a bundle of yaqona or kava root (a plant in the pepper family) to show respect.
NYT > Home Page By MARK HAY 2011
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His farms vegetables, sugar cane, yaqona, and has livestock and cows.
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"Villagers plant yaqona, dalo and tavioka but only at a subsistence scale which is fine, but the only way they can get the best returns from their land is through commercial farming."
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Police in Fiji have warned motorists to stay put if they are drunk with yaqona.
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She said drug and yaqona consumption was a problem that needed urgent attention.
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Kesaia Perina of Rauriko village salvages her yaqona in time before they rot
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The shirt which is steeped in a 40 gallon drum full of the popular traditional brew, yaqona, has been selected to showcase Fijian culture and designs through textiles at the Fiji
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