Culturally, many Pacific people don't talk about loss or grief, but when Samoan Ednie Foaga lost his wife at 32, he said reaching out for help was important.
After visiting Australia, King Charles and Queen Camilla are in Samoa now, where they're experiencing ... he poured some onto the ground, as is traditional, and then took a sip.
King Charles III sipped from a polished half-coconut filled with a narcotic kava brew today in a traditional ceremony ... a sieve made of dried bark. A Samoan man then screamed as he decanted ...
He said: “The royal and traditional ava ceremony, the highest protocol of respect in the Samoan culture in honour of Your Majesties’ state visit to Samoa. “A symbol of friendship ...
Charles was given a new honor while visiting the nation, being dubbed the High Chief of Samoa. During the ceremony for monarchs, Charles drank a traditional ‘ava beverage, which is created by ...
King Charles was gifted an entire pig, took part in a kava-drinking ceremony and was named “high chief” as he took part in a traditional Samoan welcoming ceremony. The King and Queen are in Samoa this ...
King Charles sipped traditional ava root tea during a Samoan ceremony welcoming him and Queen Camilla to the island nation. Samoa’s head of state and his village afforded the King the highest accolade ...
King Charles drinks from traditional cup during Samoan ceremony The King drank a ceremonial beverage handed to him, in a ritual marking important occasions for the Samoan society.