- Kasavu, Nabu (inhabitants now
residing in
Kasavu together with the
Yavusa Nawainovo,
Yavusa Sawa and Burenitu),
Natoaika and Deladamanu.
These villages were...
-
chiefs are
appointed on merit. The
largest social unit for
Fijians is the
Yavusa,
defined by R.A.
Derrick as the "direct
agnate descendants of a
single kalou-vu"...
- the
larger tribe or
Yavusa.
Several Yavusa will
belong to a
certain land m**** and
comprise thereby the
Vanua (confederation of
Yavusa) Dr
Asesela Ravuvu...
-
social units of the
extended family (tokatoka), clan (mataqali),
tribe (
yavusa), and land (vanua). Each
mataqali is
presided over by a chief,
styled Ratu...
- The name
Navatu means 'The Rock' and is
derived from the
Navatu tribe or
Yavusa navatu which resides in the
Village of Drekeniwai. A
tribe originally from...
-
effect in the tenth?" As late as 1957, R.A
Derrick (1957:13) states: "Many
Yavusa still venerate a bird (e.g. kingfisher, pigeon, heron), an
animal (e.g....
- clan of Tubou,
Lakeba and
Lusiana Qolikoro from the
Fonolahi Family of the
Yavusa Tonga clan in Sawana.
Fonolahi has
lineage to the
Tongan royalty and was...
-
selected from the Vuaniivi, a
Tokatoka Valelevu of the
Mataqali and the
Yavusa Ratu Vuani-ivi Buca clan,
which had
settled at Namuka.
Naulivou was installed...
-
Levukana to
where they
finally settled at Delainakorolevu.
These three Yavusas settled into
their new
village called Nakoro,
short for Delainakorolevu...
- Lau in 1938
following the
traditional process of
consultation between the
Yavusa Vuanirewa and the endor****t of the Tui Nayau, Ratu
Tevita Uluilakeba III...
