The Yanggona or Kava is a sedative nonalcoholic drink, wich anaesthetizes tongue and lips. The native extraction it from dry roots of the pepperplant. The root will be scraped and crushed in a mortar. After then the natives put the substance in a textilbag and wash it out in a bowl with water until the liquid become brown.

Kava cerenony (Photo by Gerhard Lang 11.11.1998)

Kava cerenony (Photo by Gerhard Lang 11.11.1998)