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He often presides over rituals.\u003cbr/\u003eHe explains that the drinking of Kava is actually a religious experience:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It seems like in most countries in the South Pacific the plant called kava, originally it's the name of a local god of the South Pacific, Kava Kava. It was always considered as a holy spirit; that whoever drinks it get influenced or actually gets in touch with their god and through him with his own ancestors. It's a channel through the god Kava to reach communication with your ancestors.\"\u003cbr/\u003eKava is harvested from the roots of the Kava plant which is native to the forest.\u003cbr/\u003eVillagers cut and mash the roots. Water is added and then the cream-coloured drink is filtered off.\u003cbr/\u003eShagan explains: \"To start with we need to raise the plant for at least 6 years. We are using only the root. And we cut it to small pieces. We mash it. We get the liquid out of it. We clean the liquid through a fabric and the liquid that comes through it, this is what we actually drink.\"\u003cbr/\u003eKen is the son of a native Rano Village Chief. He says drinking Kava is an integral part of village social life in Vanuatu. \u003cbr/\u003e\"If we make, we walk for somebody, and he said he need the help, so go walk, we find small kava, make a juice, end of the day we have small kava, we eat and then we go to bed.  That's the system in the village. That's how we use the kava. But in Port Villa, the kava bar they make money out of it.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAladi Gedinye is the daughter of the owner of Last Flight Naka Dream Kava Bar in Port Villa.\u003cbr/\u003eShe says: \"It's almost been 4 years we've been open. We have heaps of different people from everywhere that come. We have English, French. There's Korean and Chinese as well that come here. So it's very a mixture of people that drink kava here.\"\u003cbr/\u003eLike in the forest, people like to come to relax after a hard day of work and to socialise with friends over a glass of kava. \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's where mostly people after work they come. Just to drink one or two shots, just so they can relax after a hard day of work,\" says Gedinye. \u003cbr/\u003eAdvocates for Kava like local Vanuatuan Robert says the high you get from the drink is less aggressive than that from alcohol:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The kava, it doesn't taste nice. But the feeling of it you feel like you are up in the air somewhere. That's why people come to drink kava. And the kava is very much different from alcohol. When you drink alcohol there is too much noise and all that. When you drink kava you like to stay in a quiet place.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBut Kava is not without its detractors.\u003cbr/\u003eScientific studies have shown that kava does have sedative and anaesthetic properties because of the presence of ingredients called kavalactones.\u003cbr/\u003eWhilst sedating, these ingredients do not impede mental clarity in the same debilitating way as alcohol.\u003cbr/\u003eNevertheless, claims that over-imbiding may lead to liver damage, and that the drink is unsuitable for children have led to restrictions in its importation and sale to parts of Australia.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eVanuatu, June 10, 2012\u003cbr/\u003e1. Aerial shot of Vanuatu islands\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide shot of village dance ceremony; men in traditional costume\u003cbr/\u003e3. Medium wide shot village chief and honorary village chief drinking Kava   \u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ofer Shagan, Honorary Village Senior Chief of Rano Village, Malikula Island, Vanuatu:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It seems like in most countries in the South Pacific the plant called kava, originally it's the name of a local god of the South Pacific, Kava Kava. It was always considered as a holy spirit; that whoever drinks it get influenced or actually gets in touch with their god and through him with his own ancestors. It's a channel through the god Kava to reach communication with your ancestors.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide shot of group of men in local costume drinking kava\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ofer Shagan, Honorary Village Senior Chief of Rano Village, Malikula Island, Vanuatu:\u003cbr/\u003e\"To start with we need to raise the plant for at least 6 years. We are using only the root. And we cut it to small pieces. We mash it. We get the liquid out of it. We clean the liquid through a fabric and the liquid that comes through it, this is what we actually drink.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide shot men clean kava roots\u003cbr/\u003e8. Medium shot man chopping kava\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide shot of men mash kava thru a meat grinder\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close up of man grinding; kava coming out of meat grinder.\u003cbr/\u003e11. Medium wide shot of man gathering mashed kava into mesh bag\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close up man soaking bag of kava in a bowl of water.\u003cbr/\u003e13. Medium close up of pouring kava liquid into a bag.\u003cbr/\u003e14. Close up of filtering the kava liquid\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide shot of Ken drinking the kava; zoom in\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ken, son of the native Village Chief of Rano Village, Malikula Island, Vanuatu:\u003cbr/\u003e\"If we make, we walk for somebody, and he said he need the help, so go walk, we find small kava, make a juice, end of the day we have small kava, we eat and then we go to bed. That's the system in the village. That's how we use the kava. But in Port Villa, the kava bar they make money out of it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide shot of street in Port Villa.\u003cbr/\u003e18. Medium wide shot of Last Flight Naka Dream Kava Bar, Port Villa\u003cbr/\u003e19. Medium close up of Aladi Gedinye pouring a glass of kava; pan over to her handing the cup to a patron\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Aladi Gedinye, daughter of the owner, Last Flight Naka Dream Kava Bar:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's almost been 4 years we've been open. We have heaps of different people from everywhere that come. We have English, French. There's Korean and Chinese as well that come here. So it's very a mixture of people that drink kava here.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide shot 3 men drinking kava at the Kava Shop.\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Aladi Gedinye, daughter of the owner, Last Flight Naka Dream Kava Bar:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's where mostly people after work they come. Just to drink one or two shots, just so they can relax after a hard day of work.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Tracking shot of Robert, customer of kava bar, drinking kava.\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert, Kava Bar customer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The kava, it doesn't taste nice. But the feeling of it you feel like you are up in the air somewhere. That's why people come to drink kava. And the kava is very much different from alcohol. When you drink alcohol there is too much noise and all that. When you drink kava you like to stay in a quiet place.\"\u003cbr/\u003e25. 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