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Kava - Trank der Götter   [Other Title]

Kava - The Drink of the Gods   [Other Title]
Year of origin: 1999
Genre: Documentary Film
Locations of shooting: n/a

Credits
Production company: Thorolf Lipp (Creussen)
  TMT Film-Fernsehen-Multimedia GmbH (Bayreuth)
  Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific (Suva, Fidschi)
First released by: IWF (Göttingen)
Distributor: IWF (Göttingen)
Author: Thorolf Lipp


Keywords: Getränke, Kava, Medizinethnologie, Pfefferstrauch, Rauschpfeffer, Trinkritual, Zeremonialgetränk, beverages, drinking ritual, ethnomedicine, Kava, Kava culture
This film, set in Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa, gives insight into Kava rituals as they are carried out today. But Kava is more than just a cultural relic, it is becoming a symbol of identity for many Pacific Islanders as for Oceania as a whole. Through Kava, a drink made from the root of a pepperplant, friendships are formed, visitors welcomed, and chiefly authority sanctioned. Today, Kava is increasingly bought, sold and consumed within non-ritual contexts. It is extracted, packaged, and produced for global markets. But for many Pacific Islanders, Kava will always remain: the drink of the Gods.

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Language: eng
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Duration: 58 min

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