FIJI CEREMONIES
LOKD GAIiWAY'S VISIT CAY IN ANCIENT CAPITAL , GIFTS FROM THE NATIVES SUVA, Aug. 5 The Governor-General of New Zealand, Viscount Galway, and Viscountess if Galway yesterday visited the island of Bau~, the ancient Fijian capital, where ..they were entertained with traditional ! native ceremony. From tho .mainland tho visitors crossed the short distance to the island in a native canoe. They were received i/ at- Ban by Ratu Isireli Tawake, High • Chief of the district.
: In the Council House, built on tho site of the old heathen temple, ceremonial presentations were made, which included a whale's tooth, always pre-
sented to persons of rank, a root of / kava, followed by the ceremonial of the making and drinking of kava. In with custom a large presentation of food was made. After a native
luncheon the visitors were entertained by native dancing. This morning Their Excellencies left on a toufr of Viti Levu, including visits to the Tavua goldfields, as the guests
of . Mr. E. G. Theodore, Ba and Lau■f toka. They will return to Suva on Monl day. _ .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23418, 7 August 1939, Page 10
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178FIJI CEREMONIES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23418, 7 August 1939, Page 10
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