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100 1 _aRavuvu, Asesela.
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245 1 4 _aThe Fijian ethos /
_cAsesela D. Ravuvu.
260 _aSuva :
_bInstitute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific,
_c1987.
300 _aviii, 359 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 351-352) and index.
505 0 _aContext -- Some basic Fijian groups, concepts and practices -- Basic groupings of ceremonial importance -- Customary ideals and practices -- Some chiefly ceremonial objects of offering -- Kinship terms -- Ceremonial texts -- Ceremonial restitution in consideration of a woman -- Ceremonial atonement, public offering of ceremonial goods for restitution in relation to a woman, and the introduction of two children to their mother's group -- Ceremonial proffering of goods for restitution in relation to two women -- Ceremonial offering of goods for restitution concerning two women -- Funeral ceremony -- Ceremonial introduction of children (to their father's people) -- Analysis -- Ceremonial presentation -- Three presentations in one -- Posture, gesture and place.
650 0 _aEthnology
_zFiji.
651 0 _aFiji
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aFiji
_xReligious life and customs.
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