Cannibals' descendants descend on cannabis to lift curse in Fiji

[Champ]

SUVA (AFP) - Fijian highlanders who last year apologised for their ancestors eating an English missionary are now uprooting marijuana plants in the hope of lifting the curse they say they are under, according to reports.


Pastor Ledua Kacimaiwai, a member of the conservative Assembly of Christian Churches, said people in the village of Nabutautau were uprooting millions of dollars' worth of marijuana plants, the Fiji Sun reported.


It was his group that in November carried out the elaborate "Healing of the Land" ceremony to apologise for missionary Thomas Baker and eight Fijian followers being clubbed to death before being eaten in 1867.


The ritual was directed at 10 of Baker's Australian descendants.


Kacimaiwai told the Fiji Sun the marijuana had been the only source of income for the villagers but they believed it was part of the curse and brought evil.

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[Village Idiot]

1. Sorry...

It was the "demon weed" - perhaps they just got a really bad case of the munchies?

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. That's an impressive bit of apology WITH action and reparations

(sort of reparations, anyway)

How many of us are willing to do so much in an apology? Granted, they're doing it because they think are cursed, but it's still impressive nonetheless.