s latitude and longitude official languages Rotuman language Rotuman , English language English ethnic groups Rotumans Rotuman , Fijians Fijian , Samoans Samoan ethnic groups year demonym government ... minority within the population of Fiji, known as Rotuman people Rotumans . Its population at the 2007 ... evidence Linguistic evidence suggests an original settlement from Fiji. Linguists include the Rotuman language in a subgroup with the languages of western Fiji, but Rotuman also has a large number of Polynesian loanwords, indicating later contact with Samoa and Tonga . Origins in oral history Rotuman ... tei TuvAcco t1 body1 d53.html The Rotuman People , p. 4, in Te o Tuvale, An Account of Samoan History ... has been politically part of Fiji since 1881, Rotuman culture more closely resembles that of the Polynesia ... Futuna , and Uvea island Uvea . Because of their Polynesian appearance and distinctive Rotuman language ... Rotumans remaining on Rotuma. Rotuman People Rotumans are culturally conservative and maintain .... Prominent Rotumans and people of Rotuman descent The late Principal, Chief and Senator Aisea Aitu . Colonel ... , a Fijian born Musician with Rotuman descent. Rebecca Tavo , Australian Touch Rugby Player with Rotuman ... Australian Netball Player with Rotuman mother. Ngaire Fuata , New Zealand Television producer and singer with Rotuman father. ref http tvnz.co.nz view tvone minisite story skin 415110 ref Walter ... of discovery by Europeans there were three pan Rotuman political positions the fakpure , the s u Rotuman king s u , and the mua. The fakpure acted as convener and presiding officer over the council ... of Rotuman descent elect one representative to the Fijian House of Representatives Fiji House ... coup, when Fiji left the British Commonwealth of Nations, a segment of the Rotuman population, known ... www.rotuma.net Rotuma website an exhaustive website on all things Rotuman by anthropologists Alan Howard ... made by Rotumans. http www.youtube.com watch?v H3QyEQCaX9M Rotuman Hafa Rotuman dance see also Tautoga ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Injimo Managreve was the Chairman of the Council of Rotuma , the Local government of Fiji legislative body for the Fiji an island dependency which enjoys a considerable degree of local autonomy. Biography Managreve is a strong supporter of the Fijian government s controversial legislation to establish a Reconciliation and Unity Commission . Subject to List of Presidents of Fiji presidential approval, this Commission will have the power to compensate victims and pardon perpetrators of events connected with or related to the civilian Fiji coup of 2000 coup d tat which overthrew the elected government in May 2000. Speaking after a Council meeting on 1 July 2005, Managreve said that forgiveness was a part of Culture of Rotuma Rotuman culture . He also said that it was important for Rotumans to support the national government, because their fate was linked to that of the country as a whole. We are being looked after by the Government and the Great Council of Chiefs Fiji GCC of Fiji and if anything happens to them we will also go down with them. That is why we are standing behind them and supporting them with their new Bill, he said. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Managreve, Injimo ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Managreve, Injimo Category Rotuman people Fiji bio stub ... more details
File RotumaMap.png thumb 300px Map showing districts of Rotuma Itu ti u is one of the seven Districts of Rotuma districts on the island of Rotuma , a Dependent territory dependency of Fiji . Rotuma s capital city capital , the village of Ahau , is located in this district. It also includes the villages of Savlei , Lau, Rotuma Lau , Feavai , Tuakoi , Motusa , Ropure , Melsa a , and Losa, Rotuma Losa . ref cite web url http www.rotuma.net os Districts itutiu.htm title Itu ti u work Rotuma.net accessdate 10 June 2010 ref Itu ti u is the largest district by area and by population. Its name means Big District in the Rotuman language , and is traditionally ranked third in terms of chiefly precedence, determined by consumption order in the politically charged kava culture kava ceremony . This was determined by its successful allegiance in the Rotuman Religious Wars between the Roman Catholic districts of Juju district Juju and Pepjei , collectively referred to as Faguta , against the predominantly Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma Wesleyan districts alliance, led by the gagaja chiefs of Noa tau , Oinafa , Malha a , Itu muta and Itu tiu. Image Mofmanu beach in Motusa, Rotuma.jpg thumb left Mofmanu Beach, the popular main beach adjacent to the village of Motusa References reflist coord 12 30 31 S 177 02 21 E region FJ type city source kolossus dewiki display title Rotuma Category Districts of Rotuma Fiji geo stub de Itu ti u ... more details
. to administer the Rotuman development Fund established by the Rotuma Act Fiji Rotuma Act ref http ... of the Rotuman community to regulate communal work to regulate the prevention or removal of the public ... more details
Gagaja Gagaj Maraf Solomone is a Fiji an political leader and district chief from the district of Noa tau , on the island of Rotuma . He served in the Senate Fiji Senate from 2001 to 2006 as the nominee of the Council of Rotuma . He was succeeded in this capacity by Dr John Fatiaki in June 2006. ref http www.rotuma.net os NewsArchive Archive1999 archive9903.htm Archived News March 1999 Bot generated title ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . name Solomone, Gagaj Maraf alternative names short description date of birth place of birth date of death place of death DEFAULTSORT Solomone, Gagaj Maraf Category Members of the Senate of Fiji Category Rotuman people Category Living people fiji politician stub ... more details
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Refimprove date March 2007 File Niuean haka.jpg right thumb 250px The Niue national rugby union team sevens Niue sevens team performing a meke , at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Meke is a broad term in the Fijian language , primarily referring to all traditional style of dance. It is a cognate of the words maka Rotuman language Rotuman and mele Hawaiian language Hawaiian Citation needed date April 2008 . It is typically performed during celebrations and festivals. Traditionally the dances that comprise the meke art form are performed by groups of men only or women only, however, foreign influences, such as the male female Tonga n ma ulu ulu becoming the Fijian vakamalolo , are evident throughout. Professor Friedrich Ratzel in his 1896 publication Macmillan of London , The History of Mankind, ref Ratzel, Friedrich. The History of Mankind. London MacMillan, 1896 . URL http www.inquirewithin.biz history american pacific oceania melanesian population.htm www.inquirewithin.biz history american pacific oceania melanesian population.htm accessed 9 October 2009. ref writes about the Fijian meke as both song and dance which only a few are given to invent and which those who do, allege that they do so in the spirit world where divine beings teach them the song and the appropriate dance. He wrote that the ideal of the Fijian poet is poetry with every verse ending with the same vowell of regular bar music measure , which, in practice is often achieved with poetic license through the use of arbitrary abbreviations or lengthenings, and omission of articles, etc. References reflist See also Oceania topic Dance in Culture of Oceania Category Fijian dance ... more details
Infobox person image birth name Sapeta Sokag aitu Taito birth date 1986 birth place Suva, Fiji occupation Sapeta Sokag aitu Taito born 1986 is a Fiji Fiji Islander actress . She played the lead role in Fiji s first feature film , The Land Has Eyes , in 2004. Biography Born in Suva , Fiji , Taito moved to Rotuma at a young age. She studied at the Lelean Memorial School in Suva, and then studied Science at the University of the South Pacific , ref http www.usp.ac.fj news story.php?id 83 USP student stars in internationally acclaimed movie The Land Has Eyes University of the South Pacific , September 8, 2005 , ref majoring in biology and chemistry , with the aim of later studying medicine and becoming a surgeon . ref name Ritova http www.rotuma.net os NewsArchive Archive2005 archive0511.htm Torn between two worlds , Stan Ritova, Fiji Times , November 24, 2005 ref The Land Has Eyes She auditioned successfully for the lead role, that of a young Rotuman woman, in the film The Land Has Eyes , despite never having seen a film before. ref name Ritova ref name cast http www.thelandhaseyes.org cast.html The Cast , official website of the film The Land Has Eyes ref ref http www.seattleweekly.com 2006 04 12 film the land has eyes.php The Land Has Eyes review , Tim Appelo, Seattle Weekly , April 12, 2006 ref She attended the film s world premiere at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival , travelling outside Fiji for the first time to do so. ref name cast References reflist External links imdb name 1505135 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Taito, Sapeta ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1986 PLACE OF BIRTH Suva, Fiji DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Taito, Sapeta Category 1986 births Category Living people Category Fijian actors Category Rotuman people Category Fijian film actors ... more details
Oceanian cinema Fiji only began producing its own feature film s in 2004 , and has produced just one to date. Vilsoni Hereniko s The Land Has Eyes 2004 is set in Rotuma and stars Rotuman people indigenous Rotuman actress Sapeta Taito in her d but role, alongside New Zealand actress Rena Owen . ref http www.imdb.com List?tv on&&countries Fiji&&nav Sections Countries Fiji include titles&&heading 8 All Fiji Films from Fiji on IMDB ref ref http www.thelandhaseyes.org index.html The Land Has Eyes , official website ref 2004 was also the year in which the film Reel Paradise Cinema of the United States United States was produced. The film depicts the true story of an American, John Pierson , setting up a cinema to show films free of charge in Fiji. ref http www.reelparadise.com main.html Reel Paradise , official website ref ref http movies.nytimes.com 2005 08 17 movies 17para.html Review of Reel Paradise in the New York Times ref Boot Camp film Boot Camp 2007 , starring Mila Kunis and Peter Stormare , is partly set in Fiji, but is not a Fiji made film. Although Fiji has only ever produced one film, the Fiji Audio Visual Commission aims to attract foreign film makers and incite them to use the country as a setting. The Commission stated in July 2008 that it hoped Fiji would become known as Bulawood , the Hollywood of the South Seas. ref http www.radiofiji.com.fj fullstory.php?id 12825 Fiji to be the South Pacific Hollywood , Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, July 25, 2008. Bula is a Fijian greeting. ref Fiji has a large India ethnic Indian minority, and Bollywood films are popular both among Indo Fijian s and Fijian people indigenous Fijians , with some being Dubbing filmmaking dubbed in Fijian language Fijian . ref Brij Lal LAL, Brij , Islands of Turmoil , ISBN 0 7315 3751 3, p.ix ref See also Cinema of the world World cinema List of Oceania films References references Worldcinema Category Cinema of Fiji fiji stub vi i n nh Fiji ... more details
Mauri may refer to Wiktionary Mauri Mauri meaning the life force which all objects contain, in the M ori language of New Zealand and the Rotuman language of Rotuma Mauri , or Maurya Empire , an ancient caste in India which built its greatest empire Mauri , a Finnish language Finnish male name Mauri film Mauri film , 1987 New Zealand film directed by Merata Mita Mauri people , people of the ancient kingdom Mauretania Moors , North African people known in ancient Latin as Mauri Mauri fish , a Trichomycterus catfish found in Poop Lake , Bolivia Mauri surname , persons surnamed Mauri Mauri River , river in Bolivia Mauri, Estonia , village in Misso Parish, V ru County, Estonia Mauri is the name of an Italian, Milan based fashion shoemaker which specializes in alligator styles. See also lookfrom Mauri , includes persons with Mauri as given name disambig br Mauri de Mauri ... more details
UEA may stand for Universities University of East Africa , which in 1970 was split into University of Nairobi , Makerere University and University of Dar es Salaam University of East Anglia , the university in Norwich, England University of the State of Amazonas Universidade do Estado do Amazonas , a university in Manaus, Brazil University of Macau , formerly the University of East Asia Other uses Urban Environmental Accords , the accords signed in San Francisco about urban environment World Esperanto Association , Universala Esperanto Asocio , the worldwide organization of the Esperanto movement Universal enveloping algebra , a mathematical object Utah Education Association , the teachers union in Utah Uea , a Rotuman island MAL stands in biology for Ulex europaeus lectin or agglutinin , the lectin of Ulex europaeus disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages de UEA es UEA eo UEA mallongigo fr UEA it UEA nl UEA no UEA pt UEA zh UEA ... more details
In Polynesian languages the word aitu refers to ghosts or spirits, often malevolent. The word is common to many languages of Western and Eastern Polynesia. In the mythology of Tonga , for example, okina aitu or okina eitu are lesser gods, many being patrons of specific villages and families. They often take the form of plant s or animal s, and are often more cruel than other gods. These trouble making gods are regarded as having come from S moa. ref In Rotuman language Rotuman similar beings are also called okina aitu this may be a borrowing from Tongan which, owing to historical contact, has provided a considerable part of the Rotuman vocabulary. See http www.rotuma.net os Religion.html ref The Tongan word tangi lau okina aitu means to cry from grief, to lament. In M ori mythology , the word aitu refers to sickness, calamity, or demons the related word aitu means misfortune, accident, disaster. ref The suffix of aitu imparts the sense infested with aitu . ref In Tahitian, aitu syn. atua raitu can mean god or spirit ref Fare vana a dictionary raitu is also an affectionate word given to a cherished child http www.farevanaa.pf ref in other languages, including Rarotongan, Samoan, Sikaiana, Kapingamarangi, Takuu, Tuamotuan, and Niuean, aitu are ghosts or spirits. In Cook Islands Aitu is also the name of ancient tribes who came from the east. Cquote2 According to tradition, some of the Aitu tribes settled on the islands of Aitutaki, Atiu and Mangaia. At Aitutaki Aitu taki they were eventually destroyed or driven away. At Mangaia they were from time to time slaughtered in order to provide sacrifice to the gods. There still exists at Mangaia the remains of a great oven named te umu Aitu where large numbers of these people were cooked after being slain . ref A dictionary of the Maori language of Rarotonga , Manuscript by Stephen Savage. Suva IPS, USP in association with the Ministry of Education of the Cook Islands, 1983. For an etymologic interpretation of the name Ai ... more details
subsequently sought election and won the sole seat for the Rotuma Rotuman Communal Constituency, Fiji Rotuman Communal Constituency and was made a Cabinet Minister in Sitiveni Rabuka s governments ... OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Manueli, Paul Category Living people Category Rotuman people ... more details
, expired at the end of March 2006, and he was elected to represent the Rotuma Rotuman Communal Constituency, Fiji Rotuman Communal Constituencies Fiji Communal Constituency at the Fiji election ... Konrote, George Category Members of the House of Representatives of Fiji Category Rotuman ... more details
wiktionary Fara might refer to Places see also Farra disambiguation Geography Fara, Bloke , Slovenia Fara, Orkney , an island in Scotland Fara , a village in the District of Safad , destroyed in the 1948 Arab Israeli War Fara, Burkina Faso , a town and Departments of Burkina Faso Department of Burkina Faso Fara , the ruins of the ancient city of Shuruppak at Tell Fa rah, 125 miles south east of Baghdad Fara Filiorum Petri , a municipality of the Province of Chieti, Abruzzo Fara Gera d Adda , a municipality of the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy Fara in Sabina , a municipality of the Province of Rieti, Lazio Fara Novarese , a municipality of the Province of Novara, Piedmont Fara Olivana con Sola , a municipality of the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy Fara San Martino , a municipality of the Province of Chieti, Abruzzo Fara Vicentino , a municipality of the Province of Vicenza, Veneto Other FARA, the Foreign Agents Registration Act Fara Rotuman festivity Fara , name for a Rotuma n Christmas festival Fara, another name for Saint Burgundofara . Fara company Fara ASA , a Norwegian company. Fara is a variant of the name Farah disambiguation Farah See also Farra disambiguation Farah disambiguation Farrah disambiguation disambig de Fara fr Fara hr Fara it Fara lmo Fara nl Fara no Fara pms Fara sl Fara sr ... more details
Infobox rugby league biography name Sarafu Fatiaki birth date bda 1990 7 26 height height m 1.9 weight convert 98 kg st lb abbr on position Back Row club1 Penrith Panthers year1start 2011 year1end present appearances1 8 tries1 0 goals1 0 fieldgoals1 0 points1 0 updated 30 July 2010 source http www.nrl.com telstrapremiership playerprofiles panthersplayerlist tabid 10833 clubid 10 default.aspx NRL Sarafu Fatiaki 26 July 1990 is a rugby league player for the National Rugby League team the Penrith Panthers . Fatiaki s preferred position is Second Row or lock . Fatiaki made his NRL debut against the Parramatta Eels in round two of the 2011 NRL season. Fatiaki s junior club was the St. Claire Comets and despite not playing any representative football, earned his call up through strong performances. ref http www.penrithpanthers.com.au default.aspx?s player profile display&id 4157&player Sarafu Fatiaki&team Panthers ref References reflist Penrith Panthers squad Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sarafu Fatiaki ALTERNATIVE NAMES Saff SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 26 July 1990 PLACE OF BIRTH Suva, Fiji DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fatiaki, Sarafu Category 1990 births Category Living people Category Penrith Panthers players Category Rotuman people rugbyleague bio stub ... more details
Constitution of Fiji The Constitution of Fiji begins with a Preamble , which sets out the historical, cultural, and political reasons for the drafting of the 1997 Constitution. The writing of the Preamble was a careful balancing act. Fiji an society has often been culturally, economically, and politically polarized in recent decades between ethnic Fijians and Indo Fijian s, who are descendants of migrants brought to work the United Kingdom British owned sugar plantations between 1879 and 1916. The framers of the Constitution wanted the Preamble to acknowledge the unique place of indigenous Fijians and Rotuman People Rotumans , whilst at the same time affirming the equal value to the country of Indo Fijians and other minorities. The Preamble recalls the events in our history that have made us what we are. It begins by asking for the continued blessing of God who has always watched over these islands , and goes on to acknowledge the strong Christian tradition of the Fijian people, dating from their conversion from heathenism through the power of the name of Jesus Christ and speaks of the enduring influence of the Christian faith in Fiji today. Mindful, however, of Fiji s complex history of immigration which has resulted in the multicultural nature of the Fijian nation today, the Preamble also acknowledges the contribution ... of other faiths, to the spiritual life of Fiji. The Preamble traces Fiji s constitutional history, from its settlement by the ancestors of the Fijian and Rotuma n peoples and the subsequent arrival of numerous different peoples, through the decision of Seru Epenisa Cakobau Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau , the King who had united all of Fiji s tribes under his leadership in 1871, and his subsequent decision to cede the country to Great Britain on 10 October 1874, and the later decision of the Rotuman chiefs to cede Rotuma in November 1879, to the gaining of independence from the United Kingdom and the adoption of the first constitution in 1970, the abr ... more details
Politics of Fiji General elections were held in Fiji between 23 and 30 May 1992. ref Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C 2001 Elections in Asia A data handbook, Volume II , p653 ISBN 0199249598 ref It was the first election held since two Fiji coups of 1987 military coups in 1987 had severed Fiji s 113 year old constitutional links with the Monarchy of the United Kingdom British Monarchy , and later Queen of Fiji Fijian Monarchy , and ushered in a republic. The 1992 elections were the first to be held under the new electoral system, which was deliberately biased in favour of Fijian people ethnic Fijians . National constituencies, elected by universal suffrage and comprising approximately half of the House of Representatives Fiji House of Representatives under the 1970 constitution, were abolished, and for the first time, all members of the House of Representatives were elected from communal constituencies on closed electoral roll s, for registered members of a particular ethnic group. 37 seats were allocated to ethnic Fijians and only 27 to Indo Fijians , despite the near equality of their numbers in the population one seat was reserved for a representative of the Rotuma Rotuman Islanders , with five general electorates set aside for various minorities including Europeans, Chinese, and Banaba Island Banaban Islanders . The Fijian Political Party led by Sitiveni Rabuka , who had instigated the 1987 coups, won 32 of the 37 seats reserved for ethnic Fijians and Rotuman the remaining five were won by the extremist Fijian Nationalist Party of Sakeasi Butadroka . The 27 Indo Fijian electorates were almost equally divided, with the National Federation Party Fiji National Federation Party winning 14 seats and the Fiji Labour Party 13. All five of the general electorates were won by the General Voters Party Fiji General Voters Party . Results class wikitable style text align right Party Votes Seats align left Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei 154,656 43.6 30 New align left Nati ... more details
presence of any sort on the island. Mythology Anthropologist Gordon MacGregor recorded a Rotuman ... is the spirit of a prominent person who now resides in a rock, star, or planet . The Rotuman legend ... more details
Nobility of Fiji The fakpure is variously considered the secular ruler of Rotuma in the pre European contact times. It was one of three chiefly roles with direct influence across the island of Rotuma, the other two being the Mua and the Sau Rotuman king Sau . Traditionally, the most senior political authority on the island, the fakpure was one of the gagaja gagaj es itu u of the districts of Rotuma, and the convener of the island s Council of Chiefs. After being elected as the district chief through the traditional processes see gagaja , the position of fakpure was bestowed on the most senior of these district chiefs, usually the chief whose district had won the most recent war, who also received the privilege of being the first served in the politically charged kava culture kava ceremony . In the early European writings on Rotuma, therefore the earliest recorded information on Rotuma, being prior to Western contact, an oral based culture , the prevailing understanding of the fakpure was that, prior to Western influence, he was convener and presiding officer of the council of district chiefs, and that he was charged with the appointment and maintenance of the sau, ensuring that the sau, as an earthly altar to placate the gods of fertility, was treated lavishly. Although the conditions in which the fakpure functioned have necessarily changed dramatically, the role of the fakpure, while not strictly existent any more, has been succeeded by the position of the Chair of the Council of Rotuma Rotuma Island Council . The district claiming the position of Chair and first precedence in the traditional kava ceremony is, in line with Fijian precepts of chiefdom, the chiefly district of Noa tau , who led the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma Wesleyan alliance, the victors in the Rotuman Religious Wars , the last war on the island which culminated in Rotuma s cession to Great Britain in 1881 . List of title holders table width 70 border 1 align center cellpadding 3 cellspacin ... more details
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