HeyJaredComing to the Mat
COMING TO THE MAT is a production of Melanesian Women Today, an organization aimed at telling the stories of courageous,ordinary Pacific Island women from all across the South Pacific (Melanesia, Polynesia & Micronesia and around the globe).
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Episode 42: Uncovering Sacred Roots, Canoe Plants, and Kava Culture with Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp (opens the original)
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In Episode 42 of Coming to the Mat, Dr. Méré Tari Sovick joins Indigenous cultural researcher and public historian Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp to explore the shared roots of Oceania through the story of kava ('awa). Together, they trace kava’s journey from its Melanesian origins into a sacred Polynesian "canoe plant," highlighting the linguistic, cultural, and ancestral bonds that unite Pacific communities across the region.
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