Coconut shell cup
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In Fijian traditions and ceremonies, a Coconut shell cup, also called a bilo, is used to serve kava and yaqona.[1] The Samoan name for this cup is tauau or generally, ipu tau ʻava ('ava cup).


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The coconut shell cup used for distributing the 'ava in a ʻAva ceremony is made from the half shell of a ripe coconut that has been cleaned and polished.[2] It is sometimes ornamented with different designs, and after early European contact, it was sometimes decorated with inlaid silver.
See also
- Coco chocolatero, the coconut shell cup of the Americas
- Coconut cup
- Kava culture
References
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