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Vuna Taveuni
Posted by: Mikaele Radrodro
Vuna Taveuni
Posted by: Mikaele Radrodro
Date: April 5, 2009 04:24AM
Much has been said regarding the war between Somosomo & Vuna in Taveuni. The informations & stories given, re the misconception of the whole ideologies & the intention to belittle Vuna from its paramount status in Taveuni & true relationship status with Somosomo & the Ai Sokula, Vasu i Vuna, Tui Cakau.
Much has been said regarding the war between Somosomo & Vuna in Taveuni. The informations & stories given, re the misconception of the whole ideologies & the intention to belittle Vuna from its paramount status in Taveuni & true relationship status with Somosomo & the Ai Sokula, Vasu i Vuna, Tui Cakau.
There was never a war between the Vanua of Somosomo (Tui Cakau) & Vuna from before to the present day. So therefore the stories given was infact a stratergy to downplay the truth of relatioship & aspiration of the vanua of Vuna to Somosomo,let alone the Tui Cakau family from before to today. Those that brought about such distorted stories did not have their facts checked or cross checked to varify the sources or otherwise the network that lay beneath the fibre of relations between the vanua of Vuna & Somosomo (Tui Cakau family).
Therefore, in honest & sincere care for both the two vanuas, I stand to correct the errors of the early stories from certain Chiefs, Missionaries, early settlers etc. The vanua of Vuna never did & never will have a war with Somosomo or the Tui Cakau for that matter. The 1st Tui Cakau to be installed on Taveuni was done by the people of Vuna for various reasons.
1) There was infighting between the Tui Cakau clan (as still seen today)who have their origions in Nakobo in Vanalevu.
2) The Tui Cakau family had very strong maternal connections to the High Chief of Vuna thus the 'pet name of VASU I VUNA' attached to the title of Turaga Ai Sokula, Tui Cakau.
3) The Turaga Tui Cakau, Vasu i Vuna & Tui Cakau was & is still the 'Hugged Rooster' (Toa ni keve) of the vanua of Vuna.
4) The vanua of Vuna gave its allegience to the Turaga Tui Cakau since the 1st Tui Cakau installation on Taveuni until now to cherish & uphold its relations between the two vanua respectively.
5) The vanua of Vuna gave its lands, sea, fish, people, birds & animals to serve the Ai Sokula, Vasu i Vuna, Turaga Tui Cakau. Further informations could be provided if sought. One thing I would like changed is the mindset of people who try to bellitle the vanua of Vuna for their own agendas, whether Political or otherwise.
One thing I will leave for those who do such things is to say this; 'My God has & will supply all my (& the vanua of Vuna) needs according to His Riches & Glory' Second is this; 'For surely His (God's) Goodness & Mercies shall follow me (& the vanua of Vuna) all the days of my life & I shall dwell in the House of the Lord forever' Do not touch what is not yours & speak only where your voice is known!
Ratu Mikaele Radrodro Sausauvovou of the Vuna Tikina in Taveuni.
http://www.pacific-credo.fr/phorum/read.php?1,156
3 comments:
Interesting article Tu Drodro.
Well Tutu RaDrodro, You shouldn't have done that because there is a possibility that all of you will be chased out of your village, and what of the future generation of Vuna?? Now I hear that the President Uluivudas mum was Tui Taveuni when she is not....If it is true or not true, the eldest son of the Tui Vuna family and their children should have been informed which they weren't so I think, that whoever is trying to takeover Taveuni to think again because it does not belong to the Tui Cakau family! Are they so greedy to take everything??I read that the Tui Cakau family was given that land in Somosomo to stay in for they came from outside. So only that area Somosomo is theirs...No other place in Taveuni!If you want to give something to someone you should consult everybody who is a part of Taveuni because people live there and are from there, I'm sure not everbody in taveuni knew about that and would not like it at all!!if they were given a piece of land, then the eldest of the family who was probabaly not informed has the right to take it back especially if he did not know about it! What do you think?
Tutu Radrodro,
As i was saying, if the eldest son of the Tui Vuna family did not know that land was given to the tui Cakau family, think again, he has the right to take it back since he did not know about land being given...All we know is that somosomo land was given for the tui cakau family to stay in and now former President Uluivuda is saying his mum was Tui Taveuni before....when she was not, just shows that all of you gang in Vuna, Bouma will have no land in the end for some of you will be chased out of your own village...What happens to the future generation of Vuna and others...Did you even think of that? The eldest family of the Tui Vuna family has the right to take everything back if he did not know about what was really going on, especially giving land etc..
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