Author: Adolph Brewster BrewsterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The Hill Tribes of Fiji
Author: Adolph Brewster BrewsterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The Hill Tribes of Fiji
Author: Adolph Brewster BrewsterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiji
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The Hill Tribes of Fiji
Author: A. B. BrewsterPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333954208
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Excerpt from The Hill Tribes of Fiji: A Record of Forty Years' Intimate Connection With the Tribes of the Mountainous Interior of Fiji With a Description of Their Habits in War Peace, Methods of Living, Characteristics Mental Physical, From the Days of Cannibalism to the Present Time Kat/a drinking is considered by many to be a disgusting ceremony from the supposed method of its preparation. The popular idea is that its roots are chewed up, spat into a bowl, infused with water and served out for drinking in coco-nut shell cups. That is the Tongan method, the mastication being done by pretty young girls, whose beauty is supposed to counteract the filthy method of produc tion. In the beginning and middle of the past century Fiji was nearly conquered by Tongan adventurers, and they were only pre vented from doing so by the intervention of Great Britain. They succeeded in introducing many of their customs, and amongst them their fashion of preparing lawn. The ancient Fijian way was to pound up the roots with stones, and the whole 'process was done by young men. Priests when supplicating the ancestral gods and praying for the welfare of the tribe, figuratively mentioned the youthful warriors as ling-a yangana, i.e. The hands that brewed the yangana or kava. When became a British Colony the medical officers objected to the chewing of the national drink on sanitary grounds. We were at once assured by the people that they would willingly return to the orthodox ancient method of pounding it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Hill Tribes of Fiji
Author: Adolph Brewster BrewsterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiji
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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The Hill Tribes of Fiji
Author: Adolph Brewster BrewsterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fijians
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The Hill Tribes of Fiji
Author: The Hill Tribes of Fiji
Author: A. B. BrewsterThe Hill Tribes Of Fiji; A Record Of Forty Years' Intimate Connection With The Tribes Of The Mountainous Interior Of Fiji With A Description Of Their Habits In War & Peace; Methods Of Living, Characteristics Mental & Physical, From The Days Of Cannibalism
Author: A B BrewsterPublisher:
ISBN: 9789354213472
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
The Neglected War
Author: Hermann HieryPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824864891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
In the summer of 1914 Germany’s Pacific colonies were a quiet backwater of its empire. But the shots of Sarajevo shattered the Pacific as well as Europe. Within weeks of the outbreak of World war I Western Samoa - German territory to be taken in the war - New Guinea, and the Micronesian lands, were occupied by Australian, New Zealand, and Japanese forces. Current historiography claims that World War I made little difference to the indigenous populations of the Pacific and that this change in colonial masters had little effect on those they ruled. The Neglected War challenges this interpretation. World War I and its aftermath, Hermann Hiery claims, had a tremendous effect on the Pacific Islands, Hiery details the policies pursued by Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, showing how each viewed and treated the indigenous populations. Administered by military officers with little civil oversight, the new colonial regimes employed the mandates they had received at the Paris Peace Conference with impunity. Hiery’s scrupulous review of the evidence, gathered from largely unknown primary sources, has uncovered a story of masquerades and coverups, negligence and duplicity, leading in some cases to full blown atrocities. Most of all, he tells the story of Pacific Islanders ,how they coped with the dramatic changes brought about by the war, and how they tried to influence its consequences. Many Islanders were fully aware that their political destiny was to be redefined after the war, and a few even saw it as an opportunity to achieve independence. This is also the story of their failure. Behind the evidence gathered here lie fundamental questions. How important are the differences in the nature of particular colonial regimes, and what effect do such differences have on indigenous peoples? How do indigenous peoples interpret disparities in colonial rule? This revisionist work addresses these issues while shedding light on a crucial time in the history of the Pacific.
A Burmese Arcady
Author: Colin Metcalfe EnriquezPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Burma
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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