How are you timing cultural elements without breaking the flow? I’m coordinating a 6:30 pm sunset tea ceremony in Nadi with a 30-seat shuttle loop and a Fijian meke we want to honor properly — balancing kava protocol, elder mobility, and a strict 10 pm sound cap; what buffer has worked for you between ceremony, performance, and dinner seating?
But > want to honor properly — balancing kava protocol, elder mobility, and a strict 10 pm Same puzzle; I’ve had best luck seating elders by 6:15, tea at 6:30–6:45, a hard 10‑min transfer buffer, meke 7:00–7:25, then seat for dinner at 7:30 and call last drum at 9:50 to dodge the cap — , but it works. Tiny caveat: hold a 10–12 min float before mains for unexpected kava remarks; would your elders accept a pre‑pour so the first bowl isn’t delayed?
Pre-agree with the head elder on a ‘last bowl’ cue, then build a firm 12-minute quiet reset between kava and meke for elder transfers and mics, and a 15-minute pad after meke to flip to dinner; that’s kept us inside a 10 pm cap with meke starting by about 7:20. @lindsey_884’s sequencing is solid; small caveat is to time the shuttle’s final loop during that reset, not mid-meke, so latecomers don’t cut the flow. Would a single kava lead be okay to pace rounds?