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In Nadi, as well as on all the Fiji islands peacefully coexist different cultures and traditions. Such Christian holidays as Christmas and Easter, as well as the Indian festival of Diwali, gained national importance here. The ceremony of drinking Yangon is a local festive and ritual tradition, which is necessarily used during very important events. Participants of the ceremony sit around the tanoa - ritual wicker or wooden ball and drink the traditional local beverage of kava. The officially appointed elder grinds the dried root of the Yangon plant and prepares this traditional drink. After the guest or leader takes the first sip, beat with kava, which is a bowl of half a coconut, is refilled and passed from hand to hand. Only after the beat bypasses all the guests, the official part of the ceremony is finished and the feast with dancing, singing or other "non-protracted" events begin.

Do not miss the colorful religious ritual of walking on the fire and the colorful show of traditional songs and dances. Walking on burning coals is not just a traditional ceremony but a unique ritual that can only be observed on the nearby island of Beqa. According to legend, the ancient god of the Fijians sacrificed his life to endow the Great Leader of Dakuibeqa and all his descendants with such a unique ability as fire. When the flame of the fire begins to fade, the soldiers of the village of Dakuibeqa rake out the coals, under which the stones are hidden, for several hours warmed up in a raging fire. First, the soldiers praise the fire with ritual chants, and then, in the eyes of the shocked tourists, they step on their flaming stones with their bare feet. Walking around the fire is not just a few quick steps on the hot stones. Dakuibeqa warriors can even freeze in one place without any damage to the skin of their feet.
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