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Na Luvu – Tegu ni Nayarabale On that fateful morning of 31st December 2019, pregnant Talica Gonetabu waved goodbye to her husband for the very last time. He was going out fishing just as he did the day prior and many other days, but this time never to return. Semi Veitaukula Tokalauvere was from Sawaieke, […] This article by Felix Chaudhary was published by the Fiji Times MORE than 50 years after it was composed, we have now been told that we have been singing it wrong. It’s Mateaki and not Matiavi! The creation of mondegreens are quite common, where misheard lyrics are substituted by words that makes sense to […] HAVING to be away from home is not always easy for a Fijian. However, it’s just one of those things one has to endure because some of their family members and loved ones have to live and work abroad so they can earn and support their families here in Fiji. And what many Fijians […] IF there is one person who should be considered for inclusion to the Hall of Fame at the Fiji Performing Rights Association’s 2016 Music Awards, it is Luke Tamani. As the leader and founder of the QEB Serenaders, Tamani’s influence on the way iTaukei songs were composed, arranged and delivered, spoke volumes of his […] 
In 1863 English sailors started labour recruiting from many South Pacific Islands including the New Hebrides and the Solomon Islands to work in farms in Australia, Fiji and Peru. This recruiting programme a form of slavery was termed blackbirding – derived from, “blackbird shooting”, which referred to recreational hunting of Australian Aboriginal people by […] 
This song relays the general belief of the modern Fijian that their ancestry, origin, journey and settlement in Fiji began in Africa. The surprising fact however, is that this song was never sung by the first Fijians who came into contact with missionaries and the period leading into and after the deed of cession. […] 
This week we start our new feature of the history behind our Fijian Songs. If you have a story behind the song please send us an email to aisea@fijianlyrics.com Our first on this feature is on the song Viti Taimi by Viti na Wai Pigeon, stamps and newspapers What does a pigeon, stamps and […] |
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