The Qaranivalu is a senior
Chief
Chief may refer to:
Title or rank
Military and law enforcement
* Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force
* Chief of police, the head of a police department
* Chief of the boa ...
of
Naitasiri Province
:see also Naitasiri District
Naitasiri is one of the 14 provinces of Fiji and one of eight located on Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island.
Geography and infrastructure
Naitasiri covers an area of , and occupies the area mostly to the north of Suva, ...
in
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
. The Qaranivalu since 1997 is
''Ratu'' Inoke Takiveikata. He had played the role of facilitator of the
Muanikau Accord between the
Fiji Military and
coup leader
George Speight and his group in July 2000, which ended the 58-day parliament hostage crisis. However he was imprisoned in December 2004 for life for his alleged role in the
Fiji military mutiny of November 2000. Ratu Inoke was released from prison after the Fiji Court of Appeal over turned the sentencing judgement by Justice
Anthony Gates and ruled a mis-trail in June 2007.
Chiefly authority
The ''Qaranivalu'' exercises direct chiefly authority over the villages of
Navuso,
Tamavua,
Kalabu,
Nacokaika,
Kasavu,
Vuniniudrovu,
Naganivatu,
Nakini,
Natowaika,
Deladamanu,
Waitolu, and
Drekeiwaila, and is considered the overlord of the
Roko Tui Vuna, the traditional ruler of the villages of
Sawani
Sawani is a genre of semi-classical singing, popular in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
It comes in the series of season songs, like Chaiti, Hori and Kajari, and is traditionally sung in the villages and towns of Uttar Pradesh: around Banaras, Mirza ...
,
Navatuvula, and
Colo-i-Suva. According to some sources, this chiefly title is the most senior in the
Province of
Naitasiri
:see also Naitasiri District
Naitasiri is one of the 14 provinces of Fiji and one of eight located on Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island.
Geography and infrastructure
Naitasiri covers an area of , and occupies the area mostly to the north of Suva, ...
.
A brief history
The ''Qaranivalu'' descends from the most senior line of the
Vunivalu of Bau
Turaga na Vunivalu na Tui Kaba is the Paramount Chief of the Kubuna Confederacy, loosely translated the title means ''Warlord of Bau'' or Root of War. The succession to the title does not follow primogeniture, but the candidate must be a high-r ...
,
Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau
Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau (; occasionally spelled ''Cacobau'' or phonetically ''Thakombau'') (c.1815 – 1 February 1883) was a Fijian Ratu and warlord ('' Vunivalu'') who united part of Fiji's warring tribes under his leadership, establishing ...
through the Vunivalu's daughter,
Adi Arieta Kuila, who married the Qaranivalu at the time, Ratu
Timoci Vakaruru. It was during this time that the traditional geographical borders of Naitasiri were redrawn to include the villages of
Kasavu,
Nabu (inhabitants now residing in Kasavu together with the
Yavusa Nawainovo,
Yavusa Sawa and
Burenitu),
Natoaika and Deladamanu. These villages were formerly under the dominion of the ''Ratu'' of
Verata, Kasavu traditionally being the leading village among the group. These villages are now known as the kai vale of the Qaranivalu.
References
* Viceroy of the Pacific: Life of Sir John Bates Thurston, By Deryck Scarr (Page 92)Published 1980, Australian University Press, , Original from the University of Michigan, the University of California, Digitized Nov 21, 2006, ''Reference to the title of the Qaranivalu''
The Majesty of Colour By Scarr, Deryck, (Page 78, Published 1980, Australian University Press, {{ISBN, 0-7081-0704-4. ''reference to the title and its ties to Bau''.
* King of the cannibal isles - Page 120, Published 1937, Original from the University of California, Digitized Nov 21, 2006.
External links
* Reference t
Qaranivalucase
Fijian nobility
Naitasiri Province