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  • Firewalking on Beqa: A case study which demonstrates touristic influence on social and cultural aspects of the South Pacific world.

    Author(s)
    Burns, Georgette Leah
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    Burns, Georgette Leah L.
    Year published
    1993
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    This paper explores the social and cultural influences on the villagers of Beqa Island, in the Fiji Group, of a tourist hotel. Discussion centres on various changes that have occurred on the island since the hotel commenced construction. Particular attention is paid to the influence of attitudes to traditional firewalking practices, by incorporating material on the commercialisation of firewalking together with documentation of the first performance held at the new hotel. Firewalking, and the new hotel on Beqa, provide valuable case studies for evaluating the influence of tourism on the beliefs and practices of people who ...
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    This paper explores the social and cultural influences on the villagers of Beqa Island, in the Fiji Group, of a tourist hotel. Discussion centres on various changes that have occurred on the island since the hotel commenced construction. Particular attention is paid to the influence of attitudes to traditional firewalking practices, by incorporating material on the commercialisation of firewalking together with documentation of the first performance held at the new hotel. Firewalking, and the new hotel on Beqa, provide valuable case studies for evaluating the influence of tourism on the beliefs and practices of people who are part of the South Pacific World.
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    Book Title
    Voyage, Decouverte, Colonisation
    Subject
    PRE2009-Social and Cultural Anthropology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/48081
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