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Circumcision Rites in Fiji

  • By - Serafimi Naulumatua
  • 20 February, 2022

Male circumcision is an ancient Fijian custom that predates colonialism and Christianity.  It is euphemistically referred to differently across Fiji...

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Issues & Conclusion

  • By - Serafimi Naulumatua
  • 24 January, 2022

Adapted from TTFB Somate

IMPACTS OF THE VARIOUS DIMENSIONS OF THE SOMATE ON ITAUKEI WELL-BEING

A Fijian funeral or somate...

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Summary and Issues Today

  • By - Serafimi Naulumatua
  • 19 January, 2022

WILI BOGI (COUNTING OF NIGHTS SINCE BURIAL)

The iTaukei believe that when a person dies, the spirit will remain...

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Before, During and After

  • By - Serafimi Naulumatua
  • 16 January, 2022

There are common funereal customs in Fiji to commemorate the departed.  These customs feature before burial, during the funeral and...

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Terminology

  • By - Serafimi Naulumatua
  • 15 January, 2022

There are dialect variations in the word for funeral in Fiji.  In the Lau islands it is called ‘putu’.  On...

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General Practices Today

  • By - Serafimi Naulumatua
  • 12 January, 2022

THE FUNERAL

On the day when the funeral gathering begins, people bear gifts as a token of their mourning.  The...

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