Local man shapes pounded kava root and rolls it into bamboo strips to make kava drink (also called sakau). The pounded kava root looks like a mound of wet straw. The pounded root was mixed with water before it was strained. The resulting liquid is popular on Pacific islands and is mildly relaxing.

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