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Map of Vanuabalavu and Lomaloma. Turaga na Rasau is a traditional Fijian chiefly title of the Lau Islands. Prior to Fiji's colonial days, Fiji had many different Vanua with their own Paramount Chieftain which exercised no authority over the other; a saying from the island of Kadavu aptly summarises it "Nomu Turaga o sega na noqu Turaga" or "Your Chief is not my Chief" also the people of Beqa ...
Lau Islands, Fiji By A.M Hocart, Published by the Bishop Museum, Hawaii (1929) reference to Ratu Keni Naulumatua as Rasau of Lomaloma and details on his title. The Lau Islands (Fiji) and Their Fairy Tales and Folklore - Page 54, by T[homas] R[eginald] St. Johnston, Published 1918 by The Times book co., ltd.Original from the University of ...
Lomaloma (Fijian pronunciation:; officially Lomaloma Tikina, Fijian pronunciation: [lomaloma tikina]) is a village at the south of the island of Vanua Balavu in the Lau archipelago of Fiji. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The settlement is part of the tribal district of Tikina, Lomaloma and consists of 9 villages, 13 Yavusa (tribes), 42 Mataqali (clans), and 54 ...
A notable person from Vanua Balavu is Laisenia Qarase, Fiji's Prime Minister from 2000 to 2006, who hails from the village of Mavana. Other prominent Vanua Balavu natives are the academic leader Esther Williams, from Levukana village, former Attorney-General Qoriniasi Bale, from Levukana village, and prominent former politician Filipe Bole, also from Mualevu village.
God Bless Fiji; This page was last edited on 8 March 2024, at 05:00 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...
A mass grave discovered last December in a suburb of Guadalajara with dozens of bags of dismembered body parts contained the remains of 24 people, Mexican authorities said Sunday.. Six of them ...
Sawana is a village on the Fijian island of Vanua Balavu, in the Lau [1] archipelago and is part of the Tikina of Lomaloma. [1] Sawana is separated from the main village of Lomaloma only by a large ditch. [2] As the population is predominantly of Tongan origin, church services are conducted in Tongan, as well as Fijian. [2] [3]
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