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24-888: (Redirected from BAU ) [REDACTED] Look up bau in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bau or BAU may refer to: Places [ edit ] Bau (island) in Fiji Bau District , Fiji Bau (village) , Fiji Bau, Sarawak , a mining town in Malaysia Bau, Sudan , in Blue Nile State , also Bau, Baw, Bāw, Darfung, Wisho or Wisko Bauru Airport , Brazil, IATA airport code Organizations and institutions [ edit ] Bahçeşehir University , Istanbul, Turkey Bangladesh Agricultural University , Bangladesh Behavioral Analysis Unit of

48-601: A 17th-century expedition to the interior ( Naitasiri ) of Vitilevu; he was captured and held hostage until his release by Veremi of Wainikelei in Moala , whose people now occupy the highlands of Sera, Ra , Naitasiri, and Vugalei. The lineage is said to be from the eldest son of Ratu mai Vereta, who presumably died on his maiden voyage after landing at Qaliqali in Moala. His clan knew themselves as Wainikelei through Kapaiwai Mara, who advised councillors of Bau to seek Wainikelei help after

72-802: Is a vassal chief of the Vunivalu of Bau (the chief of the post- Cakobau enclaves of the Kubuna confederacy). From his seat at the residence of Naicobocobo, the Roko Tui Bau rules the Vusaratu chiefs (including the Roko Tui Viwa, Roko Tui Kiuva, and Rokodurucoko) and has relationships with the Roko Tui Dreketi , Ratu Mai Verata , Roko Tui Namata , Roko Tui Veikau, Tui Vuya and other members of Fiji's House of Chiefs . The title

96-682: Is not received by primogeniture , but the candidate must be a high-ranking member of the Vusaratu clan. The Roko Tui Bau is a subordinate chief, and the selection process is independent of the Vunivalu of Bau and his Tui Kaba clan . The Vunivalu was not always the senior chieftain in Kubuna and Bau; the title was considered subordinate to the Roko Tui Bau. Power struggles resulted in Vunivalu Tanoa Visawaqa undertaking

120-559: The Great Council of Chiefs took place there on May 24, 2023. National champion Ratu Banuve Tabakaucoro received the honour in welcoming the state president and prime minister with the ceremonial offering of kava . [REDACTED] Media related to Bau Island at Wikimedia Commons 17°58′21.22″S 178°36′55.35″E  /  17.9725611°S 178.6153750°E  / -17.9725611; 178.6153750 Roko Tui Bau In Fiji , Turaga na Roko Tui Bau

144-581: The Roko Tui Bau Vuaniivi Clan, Yavusa-Ratu, became the sixth Roko Tui Bau Vuani-Ivi which was the highest chiefly title in the greater area of Kubuna and the second Roko Tui Bau Vuani-Ivi that occupied the Island Delainakorolevu or Ulunivuaka, which was then called Bau in 1760 which was named by the fifth Roko Tui Bau Vuani-ivi Ratu Lele who was then buried at Delai Daku. The relationship between these two men

168-633: The Tokatoka Vunivalu) expelled the Butoni, who settled on Lakeba ). He also adopted the additional name of Nadurucoko and established himself as the first Vunivalu of Bau (secular chief), reunifying the two groups who had split on Moala Island and taking the title of Tui Kaba. Nailatikau was succeeded by Banuve, who reclaimed wide areas of the adjacent reef flats and built stone docks and sea walls during his 30 years as Vunivalu. He allowed fishers from Beqa and Kadavu Islands to settle on

192-546: The 1850s Bau dominated western Fiji. Cakobau's main rival was the Tongan chief Enele Ma'afu , who led an army of Christian Tongans and their allies from eastern Fiji. After a short-lived alliance with Ma’afu, Cakobau became a Christian in 1854. The Bauan people quickly established themselves as an undefeatable military force. With that unmatched power, Seru Epenisa Cakobau was able to unite all of Fiji's disparate tribes under his authority in 1871. The reconstitution ceremony of

216-564: The Kaba peninsula (adopting the name Tui Kaba); the second group, known as the Vunivalu, continued to Viria before ending up in Ovea. Although all groups acknowledged the Roko Tui Bau as paramount, they were independent due to geographic separation. The Roko Tui Bau settled on the island of Ulunivuaka, which was already home to the Butoni and Levuka peoples. The island was renamed Bau, in honour of

240-610: The Roko Tui Bau. The Vusaratu and the Tui Kaba, with their Vusaradave warriors, were the first to settle the island; the Butoni were expelled, to resettle in Namacu on Koro Island . The Levuka remained as fishers and sailors, moving to the hill in the center of the island. In 1760, the Vunivalu people reportedly learned that the Levuka were keeping the best seafood for themselves and presenting smaller fish as tribute. Nailatikau (chief of

264-584: The US FBI Beirut Arab University Baekseok Arts University , Seoul, South Korea Other uses [ edit ] Bau (surname) Bau (goddess) , in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology Bau (musician) (born 1962), Cape Verdean musician Bau language (disambiguation) Business as usual (disambiguation) Bau (album) , a 2006 Mina album Binding antibody unit , a unit defined by

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288-704: The Vuaniivi, a Tokatoka Valelevu of the Mataqali and the Yavusa Ratu Vuani-ivi Buca clan, which had settled at Namuka. Naulivou was installed in 1791 as the Vunivalu (in modern Fiji this is now the highest chiefly title in the Kingdom of Kubuna, but was not so in Fiji's early history) after the death of his father Banuve who had three sons: Naulivou, Tanoa II and Celua in 1791. Ratu Raiwalui of

312-467: The WHO for the comparison of assays detecting the same class of immunoglobulins with the same specificity See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Bau Ba U Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bau . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

336-517: The chiefly centre of Tailevu Province . It is divided into three villages: Bau , Lasakau and Soso. Significant chiefly titles from Bau include the Vunivalu , who is considered to be Fiji's premier chiefly title, and the Roko Tui Bau . The 13th Vunivalu is Ratu Epenisa Cakobau since 2023, and the Roko Tui Bau is currently held by Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi , the former Vice-President of Fiji . The village of Lasakau who are inhabited by

360-584: The clan Nabou, referred to as Na Bai kei Bau , is ruled by the Komai Nadrukuta . The village of Soso is occupied by the clan Rara, often referred to as the Rara o Soso and is headed by the Tunidau . The Fijian language has many dialects, but the official standard is based on the speech of Bau. It was at Kubuna that the great ancestral chief , Ratu Vueti Koroi-Ratu mai Bulu, Serui-Ratu mai Bulu,

384-586: The eighth conquest by Namosi failed. According to myth, the Fijians originated in Tanganyika . Tura landed at Naicobocobo (Bua); his eldest son Lutunasobasoba landed at Vuda Point , and Degei and his siblings landed on the Rakiraki coast. Fiji was already occupied when they arrived. Among them were the descendants of Koya Na Sau, the eldest son of Tui Waicala-na-vanua I's 11 children, from whom

408-452: 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 of Nakauvadra and the victorious Bauan army upon leaving the mountains and finding their way to the sea made a Cairn named Ulunivuaka and later called it Bau in honour of Ratu Vueti and his achievements. It

432-574: The first Roko Tui Bau derived. He was known as Ratu Vueti, the son of Ratu Vaula, the son of Ratu Vula (or Ra-Vula) from Moturiki , and his mother was Buisavulu (Lutunasobasoba's eldest daughter). After the Nakauvadra war, Ratu Vueti left via Nakorotubu , where he had his firstborn child (a son, the original Gonesau or 'child with supernatural power', named Nadurucoko). He was born to a woman from Suva in Bureiwai, Nakorotubu District . Nadurucoko

456-502: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bau&oldid=1209905133 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bau (island) Bau is the capital of the Kubuna Confederacy (Kubuna Tribe) and

480-516: The mountains lest the Bauans should pursue them. The Vuaniivi warriors left some of their war canoes high and dry on the beach at Vuna when they set off for Vanuabalavu. With the aid of Charlie Savage , who brought firearms to Bau, opportunities for new wealth and power, symbolized by the acquisition of muskets, intensified political rivalries and hastened the rise of the Kingdom of Bau, ruled by Naulivou as Vunivalu and then by his nephew Cakobau. By

504-802: The three Tokatoka of Vuaniivi, Nacokadi and Nadruguca, and were the first to settle in Kubuna. Ratu Vueti was buried there, in a mound known as Tabukasivi, and was worshiped in the form of a serpent. After his death, a division arose over the installation of a successor to Vueti. A new Roko Tui Bau, Ratu Serumataidrau, was selected from the senior Vuaniivi line. Those who went to Moala Island travelled more and were led by lineal descendants of Roko Nadurucoko, claiming collateral descent from Ratu Vueti. They dispersed to Totoya and Tonga ; some returned, regrouping first in Verata and then in Nayavu (second time). From there, they split. One group left Nayavu to settle on

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528-416: Was named after a shrine in the Nakauvadra range. He took the titles of Roko Tui Bau Vuani-ivi and Koroi Ratu Maibulu . After his death, he was buried in Kubuna. After his death, a division arose between Bucaira and Vunibuca over the installation of a successor to Ratu Vueti . Other clans went to Namuka and wandered from place to place. Eventually, a new Roko Tui Bau , Ratu Serumataidrau, was selected from

552-480: Was not a happy one. When they came into conflict, the Vuaniivi clan fled to Kubuna and sought the protection of Titokobitu, the Chief of Namara. Together with some other chiefs of Namara, they reached Koro and from there went to Vuna, on the island of Taveuni , and thence to Vanuabalavu. The Namara people who later joined their early travellers now of Levukana village on Lomaloma were left behind at Vuna and they fled to

576-410: Was the father of Nailatikau Nabuinivuaka, the first Vunivalu of Bau and Kubuna . When Ratu Vueti reached Moturiki, he returned to Bau Island and ordered the construction of a temple to bury the sacred stone ( tawake kei Viti ) in its foundation mound. The temple is known as Vatanitawake ("the shelter of Fiji"). The Moturiki group were lineal descendants of Ratu Vueti's three sons. They became

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