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Yapa said they were sending condolence messages to the royal family and the people of England. Anthropologist Kirk Huffman, who had studied the tribes since the 1970s, said for the next few weeks, villagers would meet to conduct rites for the Duke, who was seen as a “recycled descendant of a very powerful spirit or god that lives on one of their mountains”. They would likely conduct ritualistic dance, hold a procession, and display memorabilia of Prince Philip, while the men will drink kava, a ceremonial drink made from the roots of the kava plant, Huffman wrote. The rituals will culminate with a “significant gathering” as a final act of mourning, he said. ....
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Jale Daucakacaka Ratu Epeli (back) during Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s 1977 Fiji visit. Picture: SUPPLIED
It was a great honour to have served as Equerry for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and the late Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip. These were the sentiments of Speaker of Parliament, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau of his interaction with the late Prince Philip, who passed away on Friday at the age of 99. “I was a major back then in the Royal Fiji Military Forces and my Commander, Colonel Paul Manueli, ordered me to fly to Tonga to await the Queen and Prince Philip’s arrival from Samoa, as part of her Silver Jubilee Pacific Tour in February 1977,” he said. ....