Naikeleyaga

Kabara, Fiji

Naikeleyaga is a place in Kabara, Fiji. Creators show village elders pounding dried kava root into powder and straining it in a carved wooden tanoa bowl. Creators also show a traditional Fijian lovo being built, an underground oven of volcanic stones over burning wood where food is baked for several hours.

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32:38Kava Preparation and Village Gathering

While waiting for the Lovo pit feast to bake, Mark Wiens joins village elders who pound dried kava root into fine powder and strain it with water in a carved wooden tanoa bowl. Mark partakes in the communal kava drinking, highlighting its earthy, peppery, and mildly numbing qualities.

From “Fiji Hot Rock Oven!! 🏝 Unseen FIJIAN FOOD + Remote Pacific Island Life!” by Mark Wiens · Open in the Travelnetic player at 32:38
30:58Building a Traditional Fijian Lovo

Villagers construct a traditional underground Lovo oven by heating volcanic stones over burning wood and coconut husks in a dug pit. Chicken, pork, taro root, and palusami are laid over the hot stones, wrapped in leaves and canvas sacks, and covered in soil to bake for several hours.

From “Fiji Hot Rock Oven!! 🏝 Unseen FIJIAN FOOD + Remote Pacific Island Life!” by Mark Wiens · Open in the Travelnetic player at 30:58

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