The Samana Americans: Some forgotten Philadelphians

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The Samana American community is isolated from the rest of Haiti by a nonexistent road system and accessible only by boat, held together culturally by religious beliefs, a common language, and other cultural factors determined by a common origin and structurally by their church organization. While their geographic isolations has undermined their full inclusion in the developing national economy and culture, many still identify themselves as Americans with Philadelphia as their place of origin.

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A consuming tradition: Kava drinking in Fiji

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Kava drinking is called yaqona in Fijian which is a beverage made from the dried and crushed roots and stems of pepper shrub giving drinker a pleasantly numb sensation and is considered as the most intriguing symbol of perceived social decline in the Fijian universe. The happiness and security that many indigenous Fijians feel in kava drinking is outweighed by their concerns about the beverage's dangerous aspects as force that weakens individual bodies and the social order.

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Borneo families in this life and the next: adherents of Kaharingan among the Ngaju Dayaks

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A review of the interviews conducted with native people about their traditional religion, Kaharingan, at the upriver village of Kuala Kurun, deep in the rainforests of Central Kalimantan Province in Indonesian Borneo is presented.

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