The Fijians take their kava making very seriously. Some major songs and chantings accompanied the procedure.

Remember how our food in the Jordan deserts were cooked underground. Pretty much the same concept here! A fire was lit in a hole and then that heated up the stones. The fire was removed and soft tree pulps were put on the stones so that the food did not get burnet. Finally, all food were wrapped in individual leaves to keep them moist. We had potatoes, cassava, chicken, fish, eggplant and some local vegetables.

It is a fairly primitive one where the fish comes in from the large mouth of the cone and then gets trapped in the front. For this to work, you have to rely on the fish not being smart enough to swim backwards. And apparently, they are not!

From the reed plants (you can see them behind the hut). The black color came from being underground for a month. Reminded us of similar techniques we saw in the village in Panama.

This was a demonstration of how pretty much every part of the coconut tree was used to make day to day items in the village.

The explanation of the use of those weapons was a bit gory. The cannibal fork, in particular that was used to scoop out your eyeballs and brains!

Fiji had cannibalism till fairly recently (about 150 years back).

Next on demonstration was how pottery was made – from local clay.

One thing about the show – they make it hilarious! This was the kitchen place. The gentleman asked what was he going to show us? We all said “light a fire”. (we were told by our guide that is exactly what we will see).

“Easy” he said, and took out a cigarette lighter from his pocket!!

And then he put it back and proceeded to show us how to make fire from two pieces of dry wood! This is the first time I had seen any such thing!

The chief’s place was always the biggest and the most ornate. To go in, we had to utter a phrase and then wait for the response from the chief. Nobody was allowed to cross the chief’s hut without that.

This dates back to pre-Christian era. The place of worship was the tallest structure in the village.