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Lutunasobasoba is considered to be one of the ancestors of the Fijian (iTaukei) people, along with Degei. [ 1 ] According to one story, they originated near Lake Tanganyika [ 2 ] and sailed to sea in the Kaunitoni and several other canoes.
Kaunitoni, according to Fijian ancestral story, was a canoe which sailed from an ancient homeland in the West, carrying the ancestor gods Lutunasobasoba and Degei, who are variously considered the ancestors of the Fijian people.
By tradition, Vuda Point was the landing site of the canoes that brought the Melanesian ancestors of the Fijian people to the country.. Oral traditional folklore states that the chief Lutunasobasoba the progenitor of most indigenous Fijians, arrived at Vuda with his entourage, sailing from Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania East Africa and journeyed up the Tuleita to the Nakauvadra mountain ranges.
It was at Kubuna that the great ancestral chief, Ratu Vueti [6] Koroi-Ratu mai Bulu, Serui-Ratu mai Bulu, the first Roko Tui Bau Vuani-ivi (according to the legend he was the fourth generation from Ratu Lutunasobasoba) established the Kingdom of Kubuna and formed one of the earliest known Fijian settlements after hostilities ceased the people ...
According to tradition, it is the oldest settlement in Fiji, established by Lutunasobasoba when the first Melanesian canoes beached at Vuda Point. Fiji's former President, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, who held the chiefly title of Tui Vuda, hailed from Viseisei. Ratu Iloilo died on 6 February 2011 at the age of 90.
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(Details on Lutunasobasoba.) Young People and the Environment: An Asia-Pacific Perspective, page 131, by John Fien, David Yencken, and Helen Sykes. (Reference to Lutunasobasoba.) History of the Pacific Islands: Passage through Tropical Time, by Deryck Scarr, published by Routledge. (Reference to Fijian religion and mythology, details on various ...
Naosara was a son of the High Chief Lutunasobasoba, who is also known as Kubunavanua [1] and was a brother of Degei II. [2] [3] Naosara's mother was High Chiefess Miranalesakula, whose parents are not known. A brother of Naosara was Chief Daunisai, and he also had a stepmother and at least one sister. [4] Coat of arms of Fiji