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Dancing at a 'sevusevu' ceremony

Fiji, Dancing at a 'sevusevu' ceremonyTwo Fijian men perform a dance with fans at a traditional 'sevusevu' welcoming ceremony. They wear ceremonial costume including dramatic face paint, skirts made from strips of fabric and leis made from leaves. Behind them is a traditional wooden ‘tanoa’ (bowl), which is used during the ceremony to mix an infusion of water and powdered kava root (Piper methysticum). Caption reads: Preparing for the Yanqona ceremony, 1965. 2005/010/1/14/47.
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Title: Dancing at a 'sevusevu' ceremony
Caption: Fiji, Dancing at a 'sevusevu' ceremonyTwo Fijian men perform a dance with fans at a traditional 'sevusevu' welcoming ceremony. They wear ceremonial costume including dramatic face paint, skirts made from strips of fabric and leis made from leaves. Behind them is a traditional wooden ‘tanoa’ (bowl), which is used during the ceremony to mix an infusion of water and powdered kava root (Piper methysticum). Caption reads: Preparing for the Yanqona ceremony, 1965. 2005/010/1/14/47.
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Image size: 4682 × 3677 px | 49.3 MB
Print size: 39.6 × 31.1 cm | 1843.3 × 1447.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 'SEVUSEVU' • ‘TANOA’ • (BOWL) • (PIPER • 1965 • A • AN • AND • AT • BEHIND • CAPTION • CEREMONIAL • CEREMONY • CEREMONYTWO • COSTUME • DANCE • DANCING • DANSE • DISGUISE • DRAMATIC • DURING • FABRIC • FACE • FANS • FIJI • FIJIAN • FOR • FROM • INCLUDING • INFUSION • IS • KAVA • LEAVES • LEIS • MADE • MALES • MAN MEN • MASQUERADE • MEN • METHYSTICUM) • MIX • OF • PAINT • PENTHOUSE • PERFORM • POWDERED • PREPARING • READS: • ROOF FLAT • ROOT • SKIRTS • STRIPS • THE • THEM • THEY • TO • TOP-FLOOR APARTMENT • TRADITION • TRADITIONAL • TRADITIONS • USED • VISAGE • WATER • WEAR • WELCOMING • WHICH • WITH • WOODEN • YANQONA