- A
mataqali (pronounced [mataŋˈɡali]) is a
Fijian clan or
landowning unit.
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Fijian traditions and
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people of
Yanuya are the
custodians of Monuriki. With the
agreement of the
Mataqali Navunaivi of Yank
village the
National Trust of Fiji wild-life experts...
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called the
Mataqali. Each
mataqali became the
custodian of a
specific task. A
fully developed Yavusa has
several mataqali: Turaga: This
mataqali descends...
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several family units /
Tokatoka which are part of one clan or
Mataqali.
Several Mataqali will make up the
larger tribe or Yavusa.
Several Yavusa will belong...
- in 1920, and he had to
return to Fiji to take his
place as head of the
mataqali, or clan. He
brought with him a
tailored isulu, a
skirt worn by men, which...
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small government allowance. Similarly, the
chief of a
Mataqali (clan) is
known as the Turaga-ni-
mataqali. The
exact historical status of the
Turaga pla****...
- from, and
which comprises the
Mataqali Vunivesi. The
other two
tribes were the
Yavusa Sawa,
consisting of the
Mataqali Rokoraite, and the
Yavusa Burenitu...
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units of the
extended family (tokatoka), clan (
mataqali),
tribe (yavusa), and land (vanua). Each
mataqali is
presided over by a chief,
styled Ratu if male...
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Chief and
provided him with a service, and from here
derives the
terms Mataqali and Bati. Bati is now
understood in
Fijian Culture as the term for the...
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Within the
Fijian nation,
Matanivanua is the name of a
Mataqali (clan). The
Fijian word
means "eye of the land". This clan is
renowned as
eloquent and...
