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A sign showing a "Kava licence area" at Yirrkala, in the Northern Territory of Australia. In Australia, the supply of kava is regulated through the National Code of Kava Management. [1] Travellers to Australia are allowed to bring up to 4 kg of kava in their baggage, provided they are at least 18 years old, and the kava is in root or dried form.
In traditional Aboriginal Australia there was an extensive network of trade routes across the continent and pituri was bartered for such goods as boomerangs, spears, shields and ochre. [ 2 ] [ 20 ] Dubousia hopwoodii was collected from the Mulligan River region by the Wangka-Yutyurru, Wangkamadla, Wangkangurru and Yarluyandi peoples.
In these traditions, taking kava is believed to facilitate contact with the spirits of the dead, especially relatives and ancestors. [36] There are no known uses of entheogens by the Māori of New Zealand aside from a variant species of kava, [37] although some modern scholars have claimed that there may be evidence of psilocybin mushroom use. [38]
Kava or kava kava (Piper methysticum: Latin 'pepper' and Latinized Greek 'intoxicating') is a plant in the pepper family, native to the Pacific Islands. [1] The name kava is from Tongan and Marquesan, meaning 'bitter.’ [1] Other names for kava include ʻawa (), [2] ʻava (), yaqona or yagona (), [3] sakau (), [4] seka (), [5] and malok or malogu (parts of Vanuatu). [6]
The cola began as a syrupy "water-based kava extract" developed by Australian-born James Armitage in 2009. He then successfully approached Vanuatu Beverage to suggest blending it with cola. The watery kava syrup is "added to cola in a proportion of 15 millilitres to a bottle of 330 ml".
Timothy Paul Kava (born 6 March 1963) is an Australian former rugby union player. [1]Kava grew up in the town of Tully in far north Queensland. A rugby league player in his youth, Kava switched to union aged 11 while attending Waverley College in Sydney, where he had three years in the 1st XV. [2]
The general structure of the kavalactones, without the R 1-R 2-O-CH 2-O- bridge and with all possible C=C double bonds shown.. Kavalactones are a class of lactone compounds found in kava roots and Alpinia zerumbet (shell ginger).
The Samoan word ʻava (pronounced with the glottal stop) is a cognate of the Polynesian word kava associated with the kava cultures in Oceania. Both terms are understood in Samoa. The ʻava ceremony within Samoan culture retains the same ritual pattern with slight variations depending on the parties involved and the occasion.