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2. Bure (Fiji) - Wikipedia

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   Bure is the Fijian word for a wood-and-straw hut, sometimes similar to a cabin.. In its original sense, a bure is a structure built of anything that comes to hand. The components of a bure are either stacked together, tied together by rope, or a combination of both methods.

3. Architecture of Fiji - Wikipedia

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   The Nasova House or the Governors vale levu is the best example of the impact of colonial culture on architecture, it is the hybridization of the colonial ideologies and the native culture. [14] Still now, the colonial architectural patterns are used and implemented in designing diverse sorts of buildings.

4. History of Fiji - Wikipedia

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   Authors such as Deryck Scarr, [10] for example, have perpetuated 19th century claims of "freshly killed corpses piled up for eating" and ceremonial mass human sacrifice on the construction of new houses and boats. [11] Although Fiji was known as the Cannibal Isles, [12] other more recent research doubts even the existence of cannibalism in Fiji ...

5. Fiji - Wikipedia

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   Authors such as Deryck Scarr [29] have perpetuated 19th century claims of "freshly killed corpses piled up for eating" and ceremonial mass human sacrifice on the construction of new houses and boats. [30] In fact, during colonial times, Fiji was known as the Cannibal Isles. Modern archaeological research conducted on Fijian sites has shown that ...

6. Vanua Levu - Wikipedia

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   Vanua Levu was settled about 3,100 years ago, with the settlers living in houses raised above the reefs on the shores. Between 1250 and 1350, the Pacific sea level fell 30 centimetres (12 in), exposing the tops of the reefs. This killed the abundant sea food, it also dropped the ground water table below the depth of the roots of the crops.

7. Naitaba - Wikipedia

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   Naitauba Island shown in the Lau Islands. Naitaba Island (Naitauba, [1] Naitaba [2]) [3] [4] is an island of the northern Lau Islands of Fiji.It is a triangular shaped island approximately 2.4 km (1.5 mi) in diameter. [5]