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Firewalkers of Beqa
The Sawau tribe of Beqa are noted for their ability to walk on white hot stones
without being burned. Strict rituals have to be observed before the firewalking
ceremony. There is an ancient myth about how an ancestor of the Sawau tribe was
given this power by a spirit god in exchange for his life, after the god was
captured by the man who was fishing for eels.
Lovo
The lovo is an earth oven—a fire made on in a pit in the ground lined with
heat-resistant stones. It closely resembles the hangi of the New Zealand Māori.
When the stones are hot, food, wrapped in (banana) leaves, is placed in the pit,
covered with soil and left to cook before being exhumed and eaten. Dishes cooked
this way include palusami, parcels of taro leaves saturated with coconut milk,
onions, and sometimes tinned meat.
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