Tovata is one of three confederacies comprising the Fijian House of Chiefs, to which all of Fiji's chiefs belong. It is located in the north east of the...
Waqalekaleka – Turaga na Rasau, Ma'afu Tui Lau, Roko Tui Lau, Head of the Tovata and also representing Yavusa Toga of Sawana and Jaoti Sugasuga – Turaga...
on those far-flung lands. Contacts were mediated especially through the Tovata confederacy of Fiji. This is where most Fijian-Polynesian linguistic interactions...
was from the Burebasaga and his predecessor, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara from Tovata, the new Vice-President should be from Kubuna. On 6 December 2006 he was...
Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs House of Chiefs Confederacies Burebasaga Kubuna Tovata Rotuman Traditional Leadership Gagaja Sau Fakpure Mua v t e...
Cakaudrove include Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, the paramount chief of the Tovata Confederacy, Manasa Tugia, and Niko Nawaikula. Despite his role in the formation...
Together with the remote Lau Islands, Vanua Levu and its outliers form the Tovata Confederacy, one of three traditional alliances of Fiji's chiefs. The Paramount...
namely, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, the Tui Cakau (Paramount Chief of the Tovata Tribal Confederacy) and Ro Teimumu Kepa, the Roko Tui Dreketi (Paramount...
Cakaudrove Province. As such, he was recognised as the paramount chief of the Tovata Confederacy, covering much of northern and eastern Fiji, making him one...
the Paramount Chief of the Burebasaga Confederacy. Unlike the Kubuna and Tovata confederacies, Burebasaga does not require its paramount chief to be a male...
(which also includes the provinces of Kadavu and Lomaiviti), and of the Tovata Confederacy, a traditional hierarchy of chiefs from northern and eastern...
of Viti Levu), and Tovata, covering Vanua Levu, Lau archipelago and Rotuma. Despite its isolation and relatively small size, Tovata has been politically...
Conservation Monitoring Centre – 2001, Published by University of California Press Tovata I & II, AC Reid. Fiji: Oceania printers Fiji (1990) Cyclopedia of Lau Illustrated...
Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs House of Chiefs Confederacies Burebasaga Kubuna Tovata Rotuman Traditional Leadership Gagaja Sau Fakpure Mua v t e...
Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs House of Chiefs Confederacies Burebasaga Kubuna Tovata Rotuman Traditional Leadership Gagaja Sau Fakpure Mua v t e...
Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs House of Chiefs Confederacies Burebasaga Kubuna Tovata Rotuman Traditional Leadership Gagaja Sau Fakpure Mua v t e...
Province and the holders of the title of Tui Cakau, the Paramount Chief of the Tovata Confederacy, are historically and traditionally linked to this village....
Kamisese: "The Pacific Way: A Memoir", University of Hawaii Press, 1997 Tovata I & II By AC Reid, Printed in Fiji by Oceania printers Fiji (1990) reference...
Province, which is of the Tovata confederacy. With respect to his/her matrilineal side, being that of Lakeba, Lau Province of Tovata, the following applies:...
There are three confederacies in the Fijian Traditional Government, Kubuna, Tovata and Burebasaga. One of the two Paramount chiefly tribes in the Kubuna Confederacy...
Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs House of Chiefs Confederacies Burebasaga Kubuna Tovata Rotuman Traditional Leadership Gagaja Sau Fakpure Mua v t e...
Lalabalavu, as the Tui Cakau, or Paramount Chief of Cakaudrove and of the Tovata Confederacy, one of three confederacies to which all Fijian tribes belong...
Fiji's highest-ranked chiefs, Somosomo is regarded as the capital of the Tovata Confederacy, while Naqara, an Indo-Fijian settlement, is the island's commercial...
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