Kava Party

A woman stood on the wharf and called to us to get our attention and gestured for us to come to shore. So, we dinghied over and met Rakiti, a friendly, talkative woman, and she invited us to come to shore that evening for some music and some kava. It turns out that although they don’t do the sevusevu ceremony in Rotuma, they do like to drink the kava. It turns out that Rakiti was actually a Tuvaluan from the island of Rabi. She used to do dancing at one of the resorts on Viti Levu in Fiji. Her husband is from Rotuma, and they were enticed back there by an offer for her husband to be the music teacher at the local high school. So, her husband Jonathon is a music teacher, and a pretty good guitar player, so he entertained us with his playing while we passed the kava cup around.