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Preparing to drink a kava infusion

Fiji, Preparing to drink a kava infusionA Fijian man prepares to drink an infusion of water and powdered kava root (Piper methysticum) from a 'bilo' (half coconut shell) during a traditional 'sevusevu' welcoming ceremony. Naked from the waist up, he wears ceremonial costume including dramatic face paint and a tiered 'masi' (bark cloth) skirt. Caption reads: Presentation of the Yanqona cup, 1965. 2005/010/1/14/50.
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Title:
Preparing to drink a kava infusion
Caption:
Fiji, Preparing to drink a kava infusionA Fijian man prepares to drink an infusion of water and powdered kava root (Piper methysticum) from a 'bilo' (half coconut shell) during a traditional 'sevusevu' welcoming ceremony. Naked from the waist up, he wears ceremonial costume including dramatic face paint and a tiered 'masi' (bark cloth) skirt. Caption reads: Presentation of the Yanqona cup, 1965. 2005/010/1/14/50.
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Album / Universal Images Group / Bristol Archives/UIG
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3570 x 4608 px | 47.1 MB
Print size:
30.2 x 39.0 cm | 11.9 x 15.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
'BILO' • 'MASI' • 'SEVUSEVU' • (BARK • (HALF • (PIPER • 1965 • A • AN • AND • CAPTION • CEREMONIAL • CEREMONY • CLOTH) • CLOTHING: SKIRT • COCONUT • COSTUME • CUP • DISGUISE • DRAMATIC • DRINK • DURING • FACE • FIJI • FIJIAN • FROM • HE • INCLUDING • INFUSION • INFUSIONA • KAVA • MAN • MASQUERADE • MEN • METHYSTICUM) • NAKED • NUDE • OF • PAINT • POWDERED • PREPARES • PREPARING • PRESENTATION • READS: • ROOT • SHELL) • SKIRT • SKIRT, CLOTHING • THE • TIERED • TO • TRADITION • TRADITIONAL • TRADITIONS • UP • VISAGE • WAIST • WATER • WEARS • WELCOMING • YANQONA