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Niumataiwalu
Niumataiwalu was a Fijian language, Fijian high Tribal chief, chief. Etymology The name ''Niumataiwalu'', translated as "I came first to Walu beach", was in memory of Naosara. Family Niumataiwalu's father, Delaivugalei, was the brother of Qoma, whose father was Kalouyalewa. Niumataiwalu had three wives and multiple children; his recorded wives and children, in order of seniority, were: * By Radini Levuka **Banuve Baleivavalagi (father of Tanoa Visawaqa) * By his first wife, Tarau of Totoya **Sivoki''Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin''. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. **Uluilakeba I ** Rasolo ** Mokoi (Fiji), Mokoi * By his second wife, Uma of Nukunuku ** Matawalu * By his third wife (name unknown), from Cakaudrove Province, Cakaudrove **Lubati References {{Portal, Biography Further reading *''Yalo i Viti: Shades of Viti'' – a Fiji Museum Catalogue: page 173; by Fergus Clunie, Fiji Museum, and Julia Brooke-White (1986) *''Folk-Lore: A Quarterly Review of Myth, Tradition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarau Of Totoya
Tarau of Totoya was the first wife of Niumataiwalu,On the Meaning of Kalou and the Origin of Fijian Temples' founder of the Vuanirewa dynasty of the Lau Islands (in Fiji). Tarau was the mother of Sivoki, Uluilakeba I and Rasolo. Tarau and Niumataiwalu Oral history indicates that Tarau was Adi (title), daughter of the High Chief of Totoya, and because of her beauty, Niumataiwalu pursued for her hand on one of his visits to the island. However it is further recorded that she was not the biological daughter of the Chief of Totoya, but merely adopted by him in order to raise her status to that of a noble and allow Niumataiwalu to marry her. She is said to have been a captive from the island of Komo, Fiji, Komo and was brought up in the Lord of Totoya's household. When Niumataiwalu became enamoured with Tarau and sued for marriage, the Lord of Totoya instructed him to climb the red coconut palm, harvest the fruit and bathe Tarau with the milk from it to wash away her Komoan nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuanirewa
Origins The members of this clan all hail from the village of Tubou on the island of Lakeba and from their original roots in Nayau. The Lakeba faction are the descendants of Kalouyalewa whom now form four noble households that make up the tribe. These four noble households are Matailakeba, Vatuwaqa, Koroicumu and Naivi and all claim descent from the first High Chief of the dynasty, Niumataiwalu, a grandson of Kalouyalewa. A shift in power Naivi is traditionally the eldest of the households; however due to historic power struggles, Naivi and Koroicumu were subdued in battle by the younger households of Vatuwaqa and Matailakeba. Therefore, all claims to the title can only be asserted from members of the latter two noble households. The Paramount Title of Vuanirewa The Tui Nayau, or Paramount Chief of the Lau Islands, has traditionally come from the noble house of Matailakeba. The most recent holder of this title was Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (1920-2004), who was installed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qoma
Delailoa (born on Lakeba) was a Fijian High Chief. He had an instrumental role in maintaining the fortunes of the Vuanirewa under the reign of his relative Malani. Family Delailoa was a son of the Chief Qoma and grandson of Chief Kalouyalewa and his wife Tagiamarama. Mother of Delailoa was a wife of Qoma. Delailoa's lineage relocated and remained on the island of Nayau. Delailoa's descendants still live on Nayau. His relative was Malani. Delailoa's spouse is not known, but he had two sons – Lokininayau and Uluinayau, and one daughter – Vakadewa. One son of Delailoa warned Malani of Chief Dranivia's impending plans. Biography Chief Niumataiwalu killed his uncle Qoma and tried to kill Delailoa, who survived in this way – he was saved when his mother's people from Waciwaci in Lakeba, hid him from Niumataiwalu. Delailoa would later be welcomed back by Niumataiwalu after Niumataiwalu realised that upon his impending death by the Bauans after impregnating the Radi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasolo
Rasolo was a Fijian High Chief. Family Father of Rasolo was Chief Niumataiwalu of Lakeba. Rasolo's mother was Lady Tarau of Totoya. Rasolo was a brother of Lady Sivoki and Uluilakeba I and half-brother of Matawalu. Rasolo's first wife was Lady Laufitu. Their son was Roko Malani. Rasolo's second wife was from Lakeba. She was the mother of Soroaqali and Lalaciwa to Rasolo. Lady Radavu was the third wife of Rasolo, and was the mother of Taliai Tupou. Biography Rasolo became the third '' Roko Sau'' of the Lau Islands and first installed holder of the title '' Tu'i Nayau''. According to the oral history, Rasolo was exiled to Nayau. He is considered to be the progenitor of the noble households Matailakeba and Vatuwaqa.''Pacific Islands Monthly''. "The first ''Tui Nayau'' was ''Roko'' Rasolo, ''Ratu'' Sir Kamisese's great-great-great grandfather." It was under the rule of Rasolo that the invading Bauan forces were driven from Lakeba Lakeba (pronounced ) is an isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivoki
Sivoki was the eldest child and only daughter of Niumataiwalu,''Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin''. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. first ''Roko Sau'' and High Chief of the Lau Islands, Fiji. Sivoki's mother was Tarau of Totoya. Oral history has it that Sivoki was exceedingly beautiful, a trait she most likely inherited from her father and for which she was eventually used for, in strengthening alliances with other noble households. Sivoki was married off at a young age into a noble house from Somosomo, another chiefly village in Cakaudrove, a realm that came under the Tui Cakau. Her husband, Komaibatiniwai, was a renowned warrior during this period and the union from this marriage produced one child, a son, Radravu. As her husband was in his twilight years the marriage ended prematurely resulting with Sivoki and her son’s return to Lakeba Lakeba (pronounced ) is an island in Fiji’s Southern Lau Islands, Lau Archipelago; the provincial capital of Lau is located here. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matawalu
{{unreferenced, date=December 2009 Matawalu was a Fijian chief. He was the son of Niumataiwalu—first '' Roko Sau'' of Lau Islands—and Uma of Nukunuku. Matawalu became the fourth ''Roko Sau'', ruler of the Lau Islands, after the death of his half-brother Rasolo, but never succeeded to the title of '' Tu'i Nayau''. Matawalu had been exiled to Nayau by his elder half-brother Uluilakeba I. When Uluilakeba was killed by Bauan forces, Matawalu led the counter invading force for Rasolo at the request of Lakeba‘s people. It is said that Matawalu despised the Tongans, his sister-in-law Laufitu's people and their growing influence in Lakeba. On succeeding Rasolo, Matawalu removed himself to self-exile on Bau Island. Matawalu’s half-nephew Nayacatabu, son of Uluilakeba, was left as regent in Matawalu’s absence, but was killed in a foray against the neighbouring island of Cicia. It was during this period that Dranivia seized power and declared himself ''Roko Sau''. His claim to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Bernice Pauahi Pākī Bishop KGCOK RoK (December 19, 1831 – October 16, 1884) was an '' alii'' (noble) of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii and a well known philanthropist. Ancestry, birth and early life Pauahi was born in Honolulu on December 19, 1831, in ʻAikupika the grass hut compound of her father, Abner Kuhooheiheipahu Pākī (c. 1808–1855). Pākī was an ''aliʻi'' (noble) from the island of Molokaʻi, and son of Kalani-hele-maiiluna, who descended from the ''aliʻi nui'' (ruling monarchs) of the island of Maui. Her mother was Laura Kōnia (c. 1808–1857), the younger daughter of Pauli Kaʻōleiokū (1767–1818), by his second wife, Kahailiopua Luahine. Kaʻōleiokū was the son of Kānekapōlei, wife of Kalaniʻōpuʻu and Kamehameha I, and Luahine was descended from Kalaimanokahoʻowaha who had greeted Captain James Cook in 1778. Pauahi was named for her aunt, Queen Pauahi (c. 1804–1826), a widow of King Kamehameha II, and given the Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Nayau
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fijian Chiefs
Fijian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Fiji * The Fijians, persons from Fiji, or of Fijian descent. For more information about the Fijian people, see: ** Demographics of Fiji ** Culture of Fiji * The Fijian language * Fijian cuisine See also * List of Fijians This list comprises Fijian citizens, and some foreigners associated with Fiji. For the sake of size, persons who could be listed under multiple categories should generally be listed only under the category for which they are best known. The ter ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cakaudrove Province
Cakaudrove () is one of fourteen provinces of Fiji, and one of three based principally on the northern island of Vanua Levu, occupying the south-eastern third of the island and including the nearby islands of Taveuni, Rabi, Kioa, and numerous other islands in the Vanua Levu Group. It has a total land area of 2,816 square kilometers, with a population of 50,469 at the most recent census in 2017, making it the seventh most populous province. The only major town is Savusavu, with a population of 3,372 in 2007. Politics Cakaudrove has proved to be one of Fiji's most influential provinces. Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, Fiji's last Governor-General and first President, held the chiefly title of '' Tui Cakau'', with Cakaudrove as his traditional fiefdom. Former Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is also from Cakaudrove. The present ''Tui Cakau,'' Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, is a Cabinet Minister and leader of the Conservative Alliance (CAMV), a nationalist political party with considerable s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mokoi (Fiji)
In Australian Aboriginal mythology (specifically: Yolngu), Mokoi (lit. "evil spirit") is an evil spirit who killed sorcerers who used black magic Black magic (Middle English: ''nigromancy''), sometimes dark magic, traditionally refers to the use of Magic (paranormal), magic or supernatural powers for evil and selfish purposes. The links and interaction between black magic and religi .... Also known to kidnap children at night to eat them. The Murngin believed that death was rarely caused by old age and instead it was the work of a mokoi, who would bring about some sort of disease or fatal accident. The legend say he gave his life for the devil. He's in his debt and he's helping him. His main task is to kill magicians who take pleasure in black magic. He does this because the magicians take a pact and it leads to death. He eats the children to extract their elixir of life. He needs the elixir to strengthen himself, which is paradoxical because he's dead. Another thesis is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
