Na yaqona kei na ivakatakilakila vakavanua ena yatu Pasivika (Kava and ethno-cultural identity in Oceania)

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dc.contributor.authorAporosa, S. 'Apo'en_NZ
dc.contributor.authorGaunavou, Usaiaen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-26T04:02:27Z
dc.date.available2021-03-26T04:02:27Z
dc.date.issued2021en_NZ
dc.description.abstractGaribaldi and Turner (2004, p. 1, 5) explain the role that particular plants play in facilitating the shared ancestry, practices and social experience of an ethnicity. This can include spiritual connections, cultural expression and practice, ceremony, exchange, linguistic reflection, socialisation, medicinal and/or dietary systems. They term these plants ‘cultural keystone species’ and icons of identity, plants that if removed would cause some disruptions to the cultural practices and identity of an ethnic group. Undoubtedly, kava (Piper methysticum) is the cultural keystone species for many Oceanic and Pacific peoples; a “differentiating element of common culture” (Zagefka, 2016, p. 761) informing their ethno-cultural identity. That influence is also extending to new non-Pacific Island user groups who have embraced elements of kava ethno-cultural identity in what has been termed diasporic identity formation in reverse. This chapter will discuss kava with specific reference to ethnic positionality in Fiji, while recognising the tensions from inside and outside the region that support and threaten the continuance of the kava drinking tradition.
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dc.identifier.citationAporosa, S. ‘Apo’, & Gaunavou, U. (2021). Na yaqona kei na ivakatakilakila vakavanua ena yatu Pasivika (Kava and ethno-cultural identity in Oceania). In Our Language: Journal of Pacific Research, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.15663/JPR.vwi1.article1en
dc.identifier.doi10.15663/JPR.vwi1.article1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/14206
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe University of Waikato
dc.relation.isPartOfIn our Language: Journal of Pacific Researchen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttps://iol.ac.nz/iol/article/view/9/1en_NZ
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2021
dc.subjectivakatakilakilavaka
dc.subjectkava
dc.subjectyaqona
dc.subjectViti
dc.subjectvakatakilakila vakavanua ena wasa Pasivika
dc.subjectveivakalotutaki
dc.titleNa yaqona kei na ivakatakilakila vakavanua ena yatu Pasivika (Kava and ethno-cultural identity in Oceania)en_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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pubs.begin-page1
pubs.end-page11
pubs.publisher-urlhttps://iol.ac.nz/iol/article/view/9en_NZ
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