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Our stories were written in songs and chants, dances, which were powerful and sung at particular notes/octaves at a certain frequency, like E#, etc., and body-marking tattoos on bodies for mapping & heritage passed down from gens; unfortunately, the coming of western colonizers & religion forbade the practice, murdered our people, and declared these customs evil cult practices. We were never cannibals, as portrayed by the early westerners; we were an intelligent and practical race in our culture. Many of these evidences are kept abroad in private museums and hidden from the public. You may say this sounds ridiculous, but that's how a country is colonized by westerners. I have a question: how do you think our ancestors (Austranesians) the Lapita people first NAVIGATED found their way into the South Pacific over 5,000 yrs ago?

This needs to be taught in every school in Fiji.

Cultural heritage version is interesting. For example; deities/gods for all things; such as farming, fishing, weather etc. Please share evidences of these spirits; such as Daucina, the moving light on the coastal areas? Could you please further the research to the originality of this cultural heritage since wave of migration from Nile region/Eastern Africa

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I just finished this episode and I salute you two gentlemen for holding this talanoa.... I hope I get to meet you sometime❤

This was such a great movie to watch Easily a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thank you for your content brother. Those are genuine information and needs to be filtered down through generation's because western influences are taking over our country like a plague, and if we do not keep our history intact and without being directed to the right path our future generations will be lost in time without knowledge of who we really are..

Why the hell am I seeing this now🤣🤣

AY WHO MADE THIS SHIT?! *take my money

I know very little of my own fijian heritage and fully appreciate this on so many levels. My mother's Saurara family connection are from Suva I know and the small village Langere❤. My Grandfather I was a chief who turned down the role apparently tly reasons being corruption he knew. I have been told of the " witchcraft " side of things and watching this it was so good hear the traditions of the purest forms of spiritual tradition. My mother told me Kava was not suppose to be a social everyday or so I'll hangout as it evokes spirits that can come through based on the value or la k of. Great to know the was a wide variety of tribes who viewed kava diffently. The chewing of the root in some tribes reminds me of souh American forest tribes who knew the same " chewing of their special plant root that would invoke deep connections to the " otherside". ❤Venaka Vaka Levu

Balavu talega nomu taro

We need to rewrite our stories not the Mormon church or Christian missionaries, or scholars

Ok with the sulu how about the hats not wearing it out of disrespect but why can’t we wear hats in village setting even during sun so hot , another example we seat on the ground, floor now we seat on chairs couches

Another thing people need to understand about Fiji as well is the Jealousy in society that people turn to WITCHCRAFT to kill them or Cast some bad spells on they family very sad but true and still Perform today

not evil here as you say 'Draunikau Haha!

Such a beautiful process, singing to the Tree that will be a home. I think this is done in many Indigenous cultures through out the world.

Vinak vakalevu Tumeli kei Qase Simione! We need to decolonize ourselves. The white jesus paining is not jesus! Jesus looked like us look at the bible. We need to stop relying on the bloody West.

But the difference of Fiji Rua and Tonga, samoa and Tahiti they put there kupesi in there own Rua that's how they know that's the Rua from Fiji, samoa,Tonga and Tahiti but thanks for this brother for reminding us to know who we are vinaka..

Bula malo about the Rua it's was making from vavau in Tonga but the king of Tonga bring the Samoan man from upolu Samoan and from Fiji, from this two man they make the Rua and send some to fiji,samoa Tahiti and Tonga...

too good brass

FYI : Google search- DNA admixture of Fijians. It will say Asian and 30% Melanesian. Science thru blood and DNA is not a made up story- in Fijian it called : curu mai duru. Like pulling information out from some part of once body - namely backside.

Vinaka vakalevu for this suuuuper valuable archive! ❤

I forgot to mention the Daunivucu. Practitioners of this craft/art remain very much alive in the interior of Viti Levu among the highland people.

Turaga, Sauturaga, Matanivanua, Bete, Bati, Gonedau, Mataisau.

Brass, did you attend the producer course by FilmFiji?

B.C could also mean how different they wrote the calendar, like backwards or anti clock wise, eg.this year is 5 b.c, next year is 4 b.c on so on.

ANCIENT TIMES FIJIAN Ladies Tattoo custom culture

Tonga Polynesian came from Filipino ancient times

Lutunasobasoba brought originally name " Viti "

Being a grandson of a fijian chief , our legend state we traveled down the river Rufiji in Africa south of Tanzania. Apparently we were warrior who also worked as gold mines Egypt

In Africa, in this Taqanaika region, dwelt for a long time warrior group of people called " Viti " people Africa king them very well.

Bro don't have to apologize for the "back in the day " comment. It's ok and you have apologized 4 times already anyway. Just thankful for you bringing this series to us. Kudos to you .

The name fijian lutunasobasoba brought

Fijian only fiji

The early fijian circumcision around the age puberty about the twenty years. In the book s the fijian-- AStudy of the Decay of custom Basil Thomson write that write that during pagan times , this coming of age may have arrived earlier . Circumcision was not strictly a religious rite Not Tonga custom

Dont mix Polynesian Originally black fijian

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Tonga different originally fijian tribe

The flowers tree seen in the image below is common to both Tanganyika and fiji In fiji it is called the fijian tulips and found all over Viti Levu

Originally fijian not from Tonga

1st century cushites from Ethiopia settle in Tanganyika 10 century AD about this time the fable of fijian from Tanganyika (Chronological History man in Tanganyika ) IT FABLE THAT ABOUT THIS THE POWERFUL CHIEF LUTUNASOBASOBA AND HIS PEOPLE FOLLOWED THE TRADE CROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN TREVILLING SOUTH EAST ASIA SETTLED FIJI ISLAND PACIFIC

Polynesian

Fijian and Tonga different culture

Ancient times Lutunasobasoba brought the circumcision culture tradition

Lutunasobasoba brought circumcision culture tradition Egypt

Fijian from Tanganyika Originally Tonga from zimbabwe

Fiji came from Tanganyika Ruah river fiji

FYI : If one google searchs - Fijian mitacondrial DNA. Science tells us about the blood of the Fijian people. As a whole Fijians are 80% Asian on their mothers side and 75% Melanesian on their fathers side.

My mataqali is known as the Sauturaga ( king maker) when the paramount chief (Tui/king)is buried the head of the Sauturaga steps on the buried body to remove the power(sau) so that it can than be transferred to the successor during the anointment ceremony.The Fijian society is amazingly well structured that every body knows their role and where they belong. Thanks for the interesting conversation .Vinaka

Loving this, Originally from Rakiraki. Daucina was Damuni who lived upriver from the Old Penang Sugar Mill and the jokes about Naqanaqa if you're single 😂😂