Construction (Fiji)

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Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Viti Levu
Geographical location 17 ° 58 ′  S , 178 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 58 ′  S , 178 ° 37 ′  W

Bau ( ˈmba.u ) is an island in Fiji off the east coast of the main island of Viti Levu . The island became a center of power in Fiji in the mid-19th century and continues to exercise significant political influence today. The Fiji language , with numerous dialects, also gets its official standard from the dialect of Bau.

geography

The same village construction is the capital of Kubuna Confederation (Kubuna Tribe) and the chief center of the province Tailevu . The village is divided into the districts of Bau , Lasakau and Soso , which belong to different clans:

Chief title

  • Vunivalu (the noblest of the chief titles of Fiji).
  • Roko Tui Bau , last managed by Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi , the former Vice-President of Fiji .
  • Komai Nadrukuta , chief title of the settlement Lasekau the clan Nabou ( Na Bai kei construction ).
  • Tunidau , chief title of the settlement Soso from the clan Rara ( Rara o Soso ).

Attractions

Sights include Fiji's oldest Christian church and an old stone on which the skulls of victims of cannibalism were shattered.

history

Bau, capital of Feejee, 1848.

According to tradition, Ratu Vueti Koroi-Ratu mai Bulu, Serui-Ratu mai Bulu, the first Roko Tui Bau Vuani-ivi , founded the Kingdom of Kubuna in Kubuna and formed one of the oldest known settlements in Fiji after the hostilities of the people of Nakauvadra had subsided and the victorious forces of Bau came back from the mountains and on the way to the sea encountered a cairn they called Ulunivuaka , later they named it "Bau" in honor of Ratu Vueti and his achievements. The name refers to a cult site in the Nakauvadra Mountains. Ratu Vueti took the titles Roko Tui Bau Vuani-ivi and Koroi Ratu Maibulu . After his death he was buried in Kubuna.

Then there were disputes between Bucaira and Vunibuca over the successor to Ratu Vueti . Other clans went to Namuka and moved from place to place. Ultimately, a new Roko Tui building , Ratu Serumataidrau , was chosen by the Vuaniivi , a Tokatoka Valelevu by the Mataqali and the Yavusa Ratu Vuani-ivi Buca clan, which had settled in Namuka.

Naulivou was set up in 1791 as Vunivalu (a title used in modern Fiji to designate the supreme chief in the Kingdom of Kubuna) after the death of his father Banuve , who had three sons: Naulivou, Tanoa II and Celua . Ratu Raiwalui of the Roko Tui Bau Vuaniivi clan, Yavusa-Ratu, became the sixth Roko Tui Bau Vuani-Ivi and the second Roko Tui Bau Vuani-Ivi , which gave him the island of Delainakorolevu (Ulunivuaka), which in 1760 was called "Bau" . The renaming is carried out by the fifth Roko Tui Bau Vuani-ivi Ratu Lele , who was then buried in Delai Daku .

The relationship between these last two men was not a friendly one. When they resolved their conflict, the Vuaniivi clan fled to Kubuna and sought protection with Titokobitu , the chief of Namara. Together with some other chiefs from Namara, they reached Koro and turned from there to Vuna , on the island of Taveuni , and then to Vanuabalavu . The people of Namara from the village of Levukana on Lomaloma , who later joined the refugees, were left behind in Vuna and fled to the mountains if the people of Bau would seek them. The Vuaniivi warriors left some of their war canoes up and dry on Vuna Beach when they set out for Vanuabalavu.

With the help of Charlie Savage , who brought firearms to Bau and thus the advantages for new prosperity and power, which was symbolized by the muskets, the political rivalries intensified and accelerated the rise of the Kingdom of Bau, which was ruled by Naulivou as Vunivalu and subsequently by his nephew Cakobau. Construction has ruled western Fiji since the 1850s. Cakobau's main rival was the Tongan chief Enele Ma'afu , who brought a force of Christian Tongans and their allies from eastern Fiji. After a short-lived alliance with Ma'afu, Cakobau became a Christian himself in 1854. The people of Bau quickly became an invincible military force. With this unequaled power, Seru Epenisa Cakobau was able to bring all of Fiji under his rule in 1871.

Individual evidence

Remarks
  1. ↑ According to legend, he was descended from the fourth generation of Ratu Lutunasobasoba.
proof
  1. ^ M. Paul Lewis (ed.): Ethnologue: Languages ​​of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Texas : SIL International 2009. ethnologue.com .
  2. ↑ building at geonames.org.
  3. ↑ Bau-Lomanikoro at geonames.org.
  4. ^ Construction, the capital of Feejee. In: Wesleyan Juvenile Offering. Wesleyan Mission-House, London, November 1848, vol. V: p. 120.
  5. ↑ Tukutuku Raraba - History of construction. P. 1, Chap. 1, National Archives Fiji.
  6. ^ A History of Fiji. Cape. 4, pp. 54, 55.
  7. ↑ Rev. Epeli Rokowaqa: Ai Tukutuku Kei Viti.
  8. ↑ Fiji and the Fijians. Vol. 1, p. 19.
  9. ^ A History of Fiji. Cape. 4, pp. 54 & 55.
  10. ↑ Art. Cakobau. In: Encyclopædia Britannica .

literature

  • Ian Christopher Campbell: Gone Native in Polynesia : Captivity Narratives and Experiences from the South Pacific. 1998: pp. 24, 64, 121.
  • R. Vernon: James Calvert; Or, From Dark to Dawn in Fiji. 1890: p. 44.

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