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008			880513s1987 fj a b 001 0 eng d
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035			_a(OCoLC)17782868
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100	1		_aRavuvu, Asesela. _9638, _eauthor
245	1	4	_aThe Fijian ethos / _cAsesela D. Ravuvu.
264		1	_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 _bnc _2rdacarrier
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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