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Fantasy flying fox fruit bats in sky“ by Paul Kennedy

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Kaidravuni.com Revitalisation

All that has happened in the world in terms of pandemic, climate change calamities, economic ups and downs, rising geopolitical tensions, with effect from 2020, have had their various adverse ways of impacting plans – be they state, corporate or personal. Kaidravuni.com has certainly had its share of adversities – in some unexpected and inexplicable ways; and our capacities for servicing and…

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Queen & Slim (2019) dir. Melina Matsoukas

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QUEEN & SLIM (2019) dir. Melina Matsoukas

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Queen & Slim (2019), dir. Melina Matsoukas

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Volcanoes and Legends: Part 3

Volcanoes and Legends: Part 3

My previous post, Volcanoes and Legends: Part 2, linked volcanic activities on Vanuakula Island, west of Dravuni, to its own legend of Ravouvou and Raluve iVanuakula. My narration of the legend is contained under Legends.

The legend has it that when Naitotokowalu’s waqa titi (sailing craft) arrived back on Dravuni, after Naitotokowalu (the vu of Nakasaleka) and Ravouvou iVanuakula had…

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Volcanoes and Legends: Part 2

Volcanoes and Legends: Part 2

My second posting under ‘Legends’ is: The Tale of Ravouvou and Raluve iVanuakula. Like my first legend, this too, has a connection to volcanoes and aspects of climate change.

Vanuakula Island, like all other Astrolabe Islands, is volcanic.[1]The southeast coast of the island, for example, represents the steeper inner wall of the original caldera formed from the volcanic eruptions of the two…

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Volcanoes and Legends

I have written about the legend of Tanovo and Tautaumolau (see Legends). The legend has attracted scholastic interest. Two scientific papers available to me[1]have treated the legend as a narrative, conceived by early ancestors (of Ono and Nabukelevu) to explain, in their own way of seeing, knowing and imagining a volcanic eruption of Nabukelevu (Mt Washington). Locals also refer to the mountain…

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Exploring Dravuni’s Volcanic and Climate Change Past

Exploring Dravuni’s Volcanic and Climate Change Past

I briefly introduced these two aspects of Dravuni in earlier postings. In the posting: Solo Lighthouse: beams light to ward off mariners from its treacherous rocks; hides secrets from the past, I touched on the volcanic characteristics of the Solo Reefs and the Solo rock on which Solo Lighthouse stands today.  In my Reflection: It was a triple hit in 1959: the prospect for the same in future…

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Translating Poetry into Fijian Language is No Mean Feat

Translating Poetry into Fijian Language is No Mean Feat

   The uploaded video records my reading of the Fijian version of Vunilagi, a poem I had penned in English and posted (see Poetry). Vunilagi is the Fijian version of horizon. The overlaying picture is taken on top of Natute, the highest peak on Dravuni – an andesite plug, 110m high. The photographer is looking south west…

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The last blog on this subject, posted on 18/12/17, was titled: History in the Making in Children’s Books Soon to be Published.  The legend, as a reminder, has been published in both English and in the Dravuni dialect.

Much has happened since then. Publication, dated 2017, was done through the Institute of Education (IOE) of the University of the South Pacific (USP). Dr Ruth Toumu’a of the IOE was the books’ Editor. Quality Print of Suva, Fiji was responsible for printing.

The books’ launch was on 13 October 2018. My co-author, Ema Tavola, was in Fiji for that. She also curated a pop-up exhibition to mark the launching, which was well attended. The exhibition was kindly hosted by the USP’s Oceania Centre of Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies. The exhibition remained open for a week.

The Fiji Times ably covered the event. An article: ‘Children’s book launch’ was published on the same day as the launch. Two more articles about Ema’s work were published subsequently: ‘Art reflects who we are’ on 19 October 2018, and ‘Showcasing Pacific Art’ on 28 October 2018. The latter touched on Ema’s production of ‘A Maternal Lens’ planned for the 4th international Biennial of Casablanca in Morocco from October to December later that year. All the articles were penned by Ms Ana Madigibuli.

Sale and marketing of the books started before the launch. The IOE, at first, was selling the books from its premises in the USP campus. The IOE has now arranged with the USP Bookshop to stock and sell the books. The authors have their own means of marketing: privately, through art-related events domestically and abroad and through their own arrangements on Dravuni Island to cater for cruise tourists who visit the island regularly. Another point of sale locally is under discussion.

All sales presently are geared towards the recovery of publication costs by IOE. However, that will end soon after the sale of all the copies currently being held by the authors. A future sale and marketing arrangement has been proposed by the IOE. The authors will take this up soon with the Institute.

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The Legend of Tanovo and Tautaumolau Published The last blog on this subject, posted on 18/12/17, was titled: History in the Making in Children’s Books Soon to be Published…