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Simione Sevudredre Acting Principal Researcher, iTaukei Institute of Language and Culture, Ministry of iTaukei Affairs Many of the practices of Fijian medicine arise from the traditional
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Abaeva Liubov Lubsanovna Professor, Department of Philosophy, Cultural Anthropology and Religious Studies, Institute of Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
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Marikit Tara Alto Uychoco Assistant Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City In the Philippines, some areas still