A Study in Ritual Modification: The Work of the Gods in Tikopia in 1929 and 1952 |
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adze areca nut Ariki Fangarere Ariki Kafika Ariki Tafua Ariki Taumako bark-cloth Bedford Square breadfruit canoe rites chief Christian clan coarse taro coconut leaf comparison component differences earlier record Fenuatara firestick food offering giant taro gods and ancestors Gods in Tikopia JAMES SPILLIUS kava performed kava rite leaf kava Libations of kava lineage major rites Mapusanga Marae mats meaning monsoon morning kava night Noonday rite obeisance observed omission omitted oven overnight food Pa Rarovi pagan participants Porima prepared Rarovi RAYMOND FIRTH recarpeted reconsecration referend religious resacralization Resiake rites performed ritual action ritual cycle ritual elders ritual items ritual modification ritual performances ritual series ritual vestment Royal Anthropological Institute sacred canoe scarcity sequence series of actions series of rites set under eave significant modification social SOMOSOMO symbolic and non-symbolic symbolic behaviour taboo Takarito Tavi Tikopia in 1929 Timoio tion Torokinga trade-wind season Turmeric rites Vaisakiri vessel Yam rites