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  1. kastom_lif

    Kastom

    Kastom just means "custom" or local tradition/culture.
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    Kava and witchcraft

    It's turtles syncretism all the way down, man. Christianity is based on Greek/Roman religion, Western European religion, and Judaism. And of course Judaism is evolved from of older Phonecian, Egyptian, Mesopotamian beliefs. "Mainstream" is in the eye of the beholder, 'cause it's all a big family...
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    Kava and witchcraft

    That's the Micronesian legend of how sakau was carried from Korsrae to Pohnpei. (y)
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    Kava and witchcraft

    I agree. Witchcraft, (aka sorcery or nakaemas in Vanuatu) refers specifically to work done by human beings - that is, by sorcerors, kleva, or magic practitioners. If something happens in traditional Melanesia, it's always attributed to something. That is, everything happens for a reason. But...
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    Kava and witchcraft

    The Combs family lived on Malekula in the early 1990s and had some fantastic journals online (still available through archive.org). They were CUSO volunteers from Canada. Anyway, one entry describes their experience with traditional culture in a sort of humorus way...
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    I Love Kava Friday Snowed-In Friday.

    Snow's all melted here already. Stayed below freezing all day today though. First 24 hours of solid frost weather all winter. Stay warm, everyone. Maybe you can warm up with some lighthearted comedy (all in good fun):
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    Kava in New hebrides and New Caledonia?

    Nouvelle Caledonie / Kanaky does not have the right kind of soil to grow kava. Kava would probably grow on L'îles Loyauté, but the mainland is a no go.
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    Yo, Poland. Let's get it together now.

    O kurwa.
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    Hello from Korea

    여보세요!
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    Farmer Interview

    We was singin' songs!
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    Just thought I'd put this here

    Donny, you're out of your element. The Chinaman only spilled Vanuatu Water on your rug because he needed a new plastik ::vplastik::
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    Pee Color / Hydration while drinking kava

    Kava is a diuretic, and combining it with alcohol (even alternating days) makes both substances even more diuretic than they already are. As for kidney damage, as long as you don't maintain a chronic level of dehydration for a long time, you will probably be OK. I always try to chug a huge...
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    Just thought I'd put this here

    As for the Fijian tradition of dried roots, I don't know why. Although presenting sevusevu with fresh roots in Fiji might be a problem: what if the chief doesn't want to drink kava right away? I can't imagine such a thing, but maybe in old times there were chiefs who would skip a few days...
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    Just thought I'd put this here

    There are Tongan vendors who don't put kasa / stem in their kava. Shoutout to Ofa's Kava and Kavaloloko. I just learned the other day that Tongans haven't always made kava from dry powder. They used to drink green fresh roots like Vanuatu, but changed when missionaries tried to ban kava...
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    Help with identification

    >bumbyeplantum An den? You wen plant um already? Great looking 'awa ::shaka::
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    News Article New price setting in Vanuatu

    Currently it's $18.36. At this moment in time, 100 vatu is equivalent to... 0.66 UK 0.78 Euro 0.92 US 1.13 Canada 1.30 New Zealand 1.21 Australia 1.89 Fiji 2.06 Tonga 2.37 Samoa
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    Video Vanom - Kava (Official Cypher Video 2021)

    Apologies, I missed a couple of lines on the English translation. Anyway, it's a fantastic song and I hope my small, flawed effort might have made it accessible to a wider audience. Tankyu tumas lo El Manaro mo ol musician blo mekem gudfala singsing ya. Samtaem afta, spos covid i finis, bae mi...
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    Video Vanom - Kava (Official Cypher Video 2021)

    Ccc, rap lo spanis hemi tuff, be yu we yu wandem ol lyrics blo singing ya, mifala blo discord bin transkraebem hem finis ::happyshell:: (Vanom) Yeah, Ni-Van mi mi lokol. Mi no strong luk lo deilaet mi nocturnal. Kilim laet lo nakamal, ples i kolkol. 1, 2, 3 shell mo relax smol. Borogu, El...
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    Any keto dieters notice kava kicks you out of ketosis?

    I don't know how to check whether I'm in ketosis, but during lean times when I'm not eating very much, it takes way less kava to knock me crosseyed. It's not cause I'm fasting or starving. Just that since covid, I've limited my trips into town, have been rationing groceries, and have only been...
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