MEKE & KAVA

Usually on Wednesday evenings before dinner, a group of young Fijian warriors from Naviivi Village will conduct a very traditional formal Kava Ceremony. This ceremony will provide you with a unique and extremely authentic insight into the means by which Fijians continue to this day to show respect and to welcome guests into their villages and homes. Throughout the ceremony your evening dinner host will quietly narrate so you can fully understand and appreciate the significance behind each act in the ceremony.

The local villages regularly visit Qamea for a special treat . . . Meke, which is a performance of ancient Fijian song and dance. Because up until recently there was not a written Fijian language, Meke was the traditional way of passing history and legends from one generation to another through song and dance. Typical meke songs and dance depict the journey of the Fijian ancestors across the ocean in search of a homeland, as well as significant battles, joys and tears. Some of the meke depicts ancestral witchcraft and legends of ghosts. For many of our guests this will be the highlight of the trip.