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“We used to eat people”: Revelations of a Fiji Islands traditional village

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posted on 2022-07-12, 22:43 authored by Robert DixonRobert Dixon
Living in a reed hut on Taveuni--the "garden isle" of Fiji--the author studied the native language and carefully observed their traditions until he was accepted as a (somewhat unusual) member of the village. Despite five cyclones the summer of 1985, daily life was idyllic. Cannibalism has been abandoned, reluctantly, at the behest of the new Christian God. But the old religion survived beneath the facade and priests danced naked on the beach beneath the full moon. The village pulsated with factions and feuds, resolved by the stern but benevolent chief, whose word was law. Legends told of a princess born as a bird, who was killed and thus became a comely maiden--but the murderer had to be cooked and eaten.

Funding

Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)

History

Start Page

i

End Page

218

Number of Pages

218

ISBN-10

1476630704

ISBN-13

9781476630700

Publisher

McFarland & Company

Place of Publication

Jefferson, NC

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

Era Eligible

  • Yes

Number of Chapters

9