Kava Festival

I wrote here that I first time tasted “Kava” last month (http://blog.so-net.ne.jp/hawaiian_life_e/kava). Last weekend, an educational event, “Kava Festival”, was held in UH campus on large scale. Because electricity was accidentally (intentionally?) out in our office building,there was nothing but enjoy this event!

Professional Hawaiian music musicians played on the stage (Actually just entrance of building). And there were many booths, where we could taste Kava(Awa) and Hawaiian local food, and enjoy Hawaiian local handicrafts. If this event had been informed more on newspaper or something like that, a lot of people could have enjoyd it.

This time, I refrained from drinking Kava. Why? Hum. I wanted to keep them to other people who’ve never tried it? It sounds good answer.
In the lecture room, cultivation and chemical perspective of Kava were also presented. Now in Japan, “Noni (http://www.canoeplants.com/noni.html)” is kind of popular, but does Kava also follow it?
(Click following blue Japanese phrase, for additional photos)


（Squeezing Kava）

（Kava testing. There were different 8 species of Kava!）

（I’m sorry that audience are not so much）