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The writings of W. H. R. Rivers and others have raised the kava complex to a position of theoretical importance in the study of Polynesian ethnology. The following very detailed account of the ceremonial preparation of kava in the Tongan Group is, therefore, of great interest. Such a ceremonial as is here recorded is now rare in those islands, and many members of modern kava parties scarcely know the right positions to take up, much less the details of the ceremonial.

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Paulo Pedro P. R. Costa

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