Rotuma, hanuạ pumue / [Anselmo Fatiaki ... and others].

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TextLanguage: English, rtm Publication details: [Suva, Fiji] : Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific, 1991.Edition: Rev. enl. edDescription: xiv, 267 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9820200350
9789820200357

Other title:

Rotuma, precious land

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Summary: "... The aim of the publication has been to present various facets of Rotuma's culture and the changes faced by the Rotuman people today. With three exceptions, the authors are all Rotuman, telling their own tales of Rotuma's uniqueness in depth for the first time. They relate aspects of Rotuma's geography and history as well as the influence of the missions and colonial attempts to govern land tenure. The marriage and mamasa ceremonies are described in detail, and the different dance forms and certain chants. A major section focuses on the network of kinship links which forms the basis of Rotuma's social and political system. Almost all of the authors are concerned indirectly with the process of change affecting Rotuman society, and three chapters describe the physical manifestation of this: the emigration of Rotumans to Fiji, the need for childen to leave the island for higher education, and the communities established away from home ..." -- Foreword p. ix.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Texts - cam	TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection	PAC 996.11 ROT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	FEAH25082580
Texts - cam	TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection	PAC 996.11 ROT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	FEAH25072580

Cover title: Rotuma, hanuạ pumue = Rotuma, precious land.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-267).

"... The aim of the publication has been to present various facets of Rotuma's culture and the changes faced by the Rotuman people today. With three exceptions, the authors are all Rotuman, telling their own tales of Rotuma's uniqueness in depth for the first time. They relate aspects of Rotuma's geography and history as well as the influence of the missions and colonial attempts to govern land tenure. The marriage and mamasa ceremonies are described in detail, and the different dance forms and certain chants. A major section focuses on the network of kinship links which forms the basis of Rotuma's social and political system. Almost all of the authors are concerned indirectly with the process of change affecting Rotuman society, and three chapters describe the physical manifestation of this: the emigration of Rotumans to Fiji, the need for childen to leave the island for higher education, and the communities established away from home ..." -- Foreword p. ix.

Contains text in Rotuman.