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Enter Christianity – Notes from Missionaries

  • By - Serafimi Naulumatua
  • 10 January, 2022

Fijian funeral ceremonies underwent dramatic changes when the Wesleyan form of Christianity arrived in Tubou village Lakeba in 1835.  The...

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The World of the Departed Souls

  • By - Serafimi Naulumatua
  • 09 January, 2022

Fijian funeral ceremonies are diverse depending on the location and polities of each respective chiefdom.  The Wesleyan version of Christianity...

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Fiji Marks 51st Independence Day

  • By - Serafimi Naulumatua
  • 10 October, 2021
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Na Tabua

  • By - Serafimi Naulumatua
  • 09 October, 2021

The tabua (presentation whale tooth) remains the greatest of all Fijian valuable, still used on family/kinship occasions, when it is...

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Na Ibe

  • By - Serafimi Naulumatua
  • 08 October, 2021

Mats are made of voivoi (Pandanus caricosus) and other materials, especially kuta sedge (Eleocharis sp.) were made throughout Fiji.  Even...

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Na Tanoa

  • By - Serafimi Naulumatua
  • 07 October, 2021

According to tradition, master craftsmen from Manono in Samoa were adopted by the Tu’i Tonga.  Owing to the close relationship...

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