If science has a Thomas Pynchon, it's Russell Seitz, who usually blogs at Adamant. Once a week he shows up here to drop some knowledge.
Another Milestone In Cuisine Post-Creole
Fijian chief Ratu Filimoni Nawawabalavu joined the villagers of Nubutautau last month in a weeping apology to 11 Australian descendants of a British missionary killed and eaten by the Ni Nubutautau 140 years ago, after a perceived slight to the sacred person of the Ratu's Great-great great great grandfather.
Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and members of Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs attended a feast and a complex ritual reconciliation ritual known as ai sorotabu intended to lift the curse on the isolated village arising from the unfortunate Victorian's demise.
