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Spin The Kava!

February 18, 2009

Aloha!
I hope that everyone out there had a happy Valentine’s Day. Forgive the belated nature of my well wishes to you. I’ve been so busy traveling and also with the farm, I am surprised that I have any time to write, much less a social life.
Over the years, I never celebrated Valentine’s Day in the [...]

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Kava – It’s Just Not For Drinking Anymore!

February 5, 2009

Aloha!
I recently went to a friend’s dinner party that had an all-kava theme. As you can imagine, it was an amazing evening filled with relaxed conversation, good company, laughter; and kava, of course!
For most people, using kava for anything other than drinking is unimaginable. My friend who hosted the party is a chef who recently [...]

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Kava Creates Community

January 12, 2009

Aloha everyone!
Over the weekend, the ‘Awa Development Council of Hawaii hosted the Hawai’i Pacific Islands Kava Festival with the theme of “I Maluhia ka Honua,” when translated to English means “So the world may be at peace.”
‘Amene to that.
The festival celebrated ‘Awa – or kava – as the sacred plant of Hawaii and Polynesia, and [...]

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Kava Ceremony Etiquette

January 5, 2009

Aloha!
Happy new year, my cyber-friends! 2008 was a very difficult year for many people across the globe. 2009 is so full of hope and new beginnings.  I wish all of you nothing but the very best in this newest of new years!
I’m consistently inundated with requests on how to conduct one’s self in a kava [...]

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“GROG” vs. “FIRE WATER”

November 3, 2008

Aloha!
I love reading, as I’m sure many of you have already discovered by now. Recently I stumbled across writer Joel Gibson’s very vivid and entertaining account of a trip he took to the South Pacific entitled “Just One More Cup of Kava” in the travel section of The Age, a news website out of Australia, [...]

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Kava Reintegration of Fiji Inmates

September 22, 2008

Aloha!
I was reading the Fiji Times this morning and came across an interesting article on the Archbishop of the Catholic Church of Fiji who conducted a kava ceremony in a prison, as part of reintegrating prisoners back into society. In the article, Archbishop Petero Mataca reminded inmates of “the importance of educating themselves more about [...]

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Coffee Jitters and Traditional Kava Ceremonies

August 11, 2008

Aloha!
So, this morning I woke up and had one too many cups of coffee. Oh, how I love my morning coffee! Usually I only have one cup, but occasionally I will have more than one.
I admit that this morning I savored a total of three cups of coffee and within half an hour I felt [...]

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Traditional Kava Ceremonies and Casual Kava Drinkers

July 29, 2008

Aloha!After tackling such a difficult topic in my last entry on the toxic part of the kava plant, it was refreshing to read about the opening ceremony of the Festival of Pacific Arts in Samoa last week. These ceremonial rituals include traditional kava ceremonies.
In Pacific Magazine, they described how “both men and women, young and [...]

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Ruben Wiki celebrates 300 with Kava Ceremony

June 30, 2008

Aloha!I read some news over this past weekend that made my heart soar. There were several articles I discovered online about Ruben Wiki, a star player with the New Zealand National Rugby League for the New Zealand Warriors.
Ruben is 35 years old, which I believe is generally considered “old” for an athlete, isn’t it? I [...]

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How Is Kava Used in Ceremonies?

May 31, 2007

Even though the Christian Missionaries tried to eradicate the use of this ancient and sacred plant, it was too “deeply rooted” in various cultures across the Pacific Northwest to succeed in being eliminated from the cultures.  As a result, Kava Kava is still used in various ceremonies and to mark special occasions.
Kava originally had a [...]

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