(in some Pacific communities) an inter-island system of ceremonial gift exchange as a prelude to or at the same time as regular trading.
库拉（某些太平洋岛屿部族的岛际礼品交换仪式，为定期贸易的开幕式，或与定期贸易同时进行）
Example sentencesExamples
Malinowski found that kula cements social bonds between island groups, and according to anthropologist Richard Harper this makes it an ideal basis for new ways to make technology useful.
Kula provides a useful illustration of the important role played by social ceremonies in sustaining both economic, social, and political relations.
Origin
Melanesian.
Definition of kula in US English:
kula
nounˈko͞olə
(in some Pacific communities) an interisland system of ceremonial gift exchange as a prelude to or at the same time as regular trading.
库拉（某些太平洋岛屿部族的岛际礼品交换仪式，为定期贸易的开幕式，或与定期贸易同时进行）
Example sentencesExamples
Malinowski found that kula cements social bonds between island groups, and according to anthropologist Richard Harper this makes it an ideal basis for new ways to make technology useful.
Kula provides a useful illustration of the important role played by social ceremonies in sustaining both economic, social, and political relations.