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In Fijian traditions and ceremonies, a kava cup, also called a bilo, is used to serve kava and yaqona.[1] The Samoan name for this cup is tauau or generally, ipu tau ʻava ('ava cup). It is called "apu" in Hawaii.[2]
The coconut shell cup used for distributing the 'ava in a ʻava ceremony is made from the half shell of a ripe coconut that has been cleaned and polished.[3] It is sometimes ornamented with different designs, and after early European contact it was sometimes decorated with inlaid silver.
See also
[edit]- Coco chocolatero, the coconut shell cup of the Americas
- Coconut cup
- Kava culture
References
[edit]- ↑ "Philippine Daily Inquirer". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- ↑ "Apu (coconut shell cup)". collections.tepapa.govt.nz.
- ↑ "Kava cup (ipu ava)". fleming-collections.uvm.edu.
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