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One of our big advantages is a huge cultural experience you can get on Beqa. As we are located close to Fijian villages, we arrange village visits with our guides. You can see how the Fijians live, the lifestyle that changed very little over the last hundred of years. Visit to local school is a big event – the kids love guests and set up great performances for them.
On any given week, just a few feet from the Bure Kalou, the guests of Beqa Lagoon have the exclusive privilege of witnessing the sacred fire walking ceremony. Early in the day, young men from the neighboring village carry large branches to the resort and build an enormous bonfire underneath a pile of stones. When the fire is low and the stones are glowing red, the warriors reappear in ceremonial dress. The eldest begins a deep resonant chant, and slowly, one by one, the very young to the very old walk carefully across the scalding stones. In 1994, a group of reporters from National Geographic visited our resort to document the sacred fire walking ceremony. They were accompanied by a scientist who measured the heat of the stones at over 1200 degrees Fahrenheit (650 degrees Celsius). He also examined the firewalkers thoroughly though could offer no explanation as to what makes the ceremony possible.
On Wednesday you can participate in famous kava ceremony. In Fiji, the drink yaqona (kava) played an important part in public business and social life. Made from the dried roots of the shrub Piper methysticum, the kava root is cut into small pieces and then grated to a pulp and steeped in water.
Meke, the traditional Fijian dance and singing show, is not to be missed.
And of course, visit to the nearby capital of Fiji, Suva, can be a great experience for you.
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