Au raica na nona vaka cola sau na Turaga na Tui Nayau ena siga e leqa kina. Na kena bisa e dua na tamani uca vakaitamera....era Luuvu saraga na vanua e sega ni dau Luvu e Suva. Keimami nanuma ga de dua na freak storm ni a draki vinaka sara tu ga na siga ya, oti na vakasigalevu sa Bisa mai na Uca. Kena yakavi sa qai kaburaki mai ni sa qai mai vakacegu vakadua tiko na I Taukei Vatuwaqa Levu Na Tui Nayau Na sau ni Vanua o Lau
Isa,Was my first year working for Public Works Dept,And was very fortunate to be one of those called in to work day and night in preparation for the late Tui Nayau's funeral both in Viti Levu and to Lakeba.Farewell my chief😢😢.
IT'S 26 OCTOBER 2023 AND I AM STILL WATCHING THIS VIDEO. WE REALLY MISS RATU MARA.THERE WILL NEVER BE A GREAT STATESMAN AND CHIEF LIKE RATU MARA.WE THE PEOPLE OF FIJI 🇫🇯 REALLY MISS YOU SIIR.
Still watchin April 2023❤ how i vividly rem tiz day wen i ws jst in form 5 in a promiment sch in d west.. we d Lauan students had to pay our last respect by wearin black n offcourse our gafigafi😢😢❤ RIP Sir♔︎🕊
I want to say King Tupou 1st and the Tongan Royal Family are of Maafus bloodlines. This is where Ratu Mara of Fiji connected with the Tongan Royal right from the beginning. So close that the Ratu Mara ancestors and their bloodlines are the only people who inherit the power to walk in front of a Tongan Royal funeral. Toka he nonga Ratu Kamisese Mara
Isaaa...I vividly remember this day I was at the Albert Park.. the whole of Suva City in fact Fiji came to a standstill as we farewell a Statesman, the founder of the modern Fiji... Ratu Sir Kamisese T Mara. . And now we have lost another true son of FIJI Mr Laisenia Qarase.. 😭😭.. May their soul rest in peace..
@@lizzykay9894 My mother's great, great Grand Father Fatanitavake go to Fiji for his Sister Tuinavu so my Mom Great,Great grand Father Father Fatanitavake Never come back to Kolonga, TONGATAPU,TONGA,HE STAY WITH HIS SISTER TU'INAVU N HER FAMILY SHE WAS LATU SIR KAMISESE MARA Great Great grand Mother , TU'INAVU From KOLONGA TONGATAPU TONGA,
Im Tongan, I was in Fiji when He died, for LDS church serving mission, I never knew the connection between these two countrys Fiji and Tonga until I got to fiji, my Heritage,Ofa atu Kemuni kai Viti
So proud to see the connection in the island. It so incredible the story about the TUI NAYAU. He is a very intelligent man, powerful. I remember his smile and the look of full of respect and humble. Never in trouble the government. Chiff from god.
Isaaaa lei you can literal see Adi Ro Lala trying to hold back quite a few times 🥺 they were soulmates that shared 8 beautiful blessings together x to make it even sadder is that she passed on 3 months after him ❤️🩹 must’ve been so hard for their children to lose both parents in the same year.
@@Isaac-uc2ro the closest bloodline you would have to give it to is Ratu Epeli Nailatikau who's literal grandfather is King George Tupou II through a love affair between Adi Litia Cakobau (grandmother) and resulted in Epelis's father who is the late Ratu Edward Tungi Cakobau (took after his mothers name as he was raised in Fiji? cause his maternal grandfather did not like the ongoing affair between his daughter and the then king George Tupou II)
Mind you Ratu Epeli Nailatikau is married to Ratu Mara’s 2nd eldest daughter who is Adi Koila Mara - which basically makes them cousins, correct me if I'm wrong
Isaaa😭😭😭😭tears still flows as i remember this great statesman. He was our Chief (Turaga na Tui Lau) RATU SIR KAMISESE TUIMACILAI MARA. Always be loved and remembered😭😭😭 #NoOneCanFillHisShoes
Fiji and Tonga need to reconnect and engage traditionally to maintain culture and heritage between the two including Samoa. For those that don't know, Fiji has chiefly blood relatives with Samoa as well. Problem is , it's not well preserved and documented. Younger Fijians todays have no clue based on comments I gather online. Our history needs to be preserved and kept well for future generations. If there's any differences between these three nations , it must be put aside for future sakes. Fiji, Tonga and Samoa have a lot in common and it goes way back in history. That in itself is rich in its own purity one cannot take away. Don't lose that for good or scenes like these will be no more.
Wow 😭25:10 seeing the people of Fiji with respect towards the late Chief from Lau made me cry !! Only in Fiji you'll see that level of respect !! Thank you for the video !!
I remember our class being cut short and we were told that we would be walking to town and to sit by the street (we were by Thurston garden) just before the President's old resident. What a day it was for the country. Despite being so young, we truly felt that we had lost a great man of Fiji.
Watching now June 2021 ,brought me tears to how elegance,humble , he was ,a true leader that loved and respected by many, not only in Fiji but to the rest of the pacific and other parts of the world, missed his great leadership 😢❤
He was a man of Elegance and a true leader of not only Fiji but of the Pacific giving the Islands a solid voice to the pressures sometimes foreign powers including our nearest and dearest new Zealand and Australia put on us. the last great funeral in Fiji. The people mourned and lined the streets in respect.
Ke manu'ia laū faī folaū TU'I NAYAU , SAŪ O FENUA KO LAŪ...PULE LASI O VITI LASI ....Ano lā HON. KAMISESE MARA ..'alofa e momoli atu ki loū Malõlõ 'aga i Tuboū..Taū Matagi
Many Wonderful fond memories of great times in unique close company of a memorable Pacific Islands Chief Of Chiefs swapping yarns about his Fijian growing up and British controlled life style with his beloved Island people that he craved for a much better lifestyle for there future in the Pacific Islands and would I train and teach them my Maritime Salvage skills ,and capacity to hone there natural ability of there Fijian Islands survival education ,after our hectic overnight voyage on his Islands large Sailing Cargo Boat Kapai Wai that as a result of some overnight voyage Problems that I found out about on this overnight Voyage , and after my dive inspection on arrival next day at Lakeba .Then I Forbid for safety reasons Sir Ratu Kamisese Mara to not sail on ,again for unsafe concerns until his Vessel was towed back to Suva for Emergency Safety Repairs.
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara was a truly remarkable man. A gentle giant of a man with wise vision and calm political fortitude. Fiji has not seen another leader the like of him and I doubt will. I still remember a joke he told me on Plantation Island Resort.
The Late Ratu Sir Kamisese Kapaiwai Mara was the Former Tui Lau, The first Tui Lau was Ma'afu a tongan Prince and War Lord. Hence why they wear the Ta'ovala and The Late President was related to the Tongan Royal Famili.
Lauaki Masima Masima _Lauaki the song was close by the late Turaga Tui Nayau,it is titled Ciri Koto.It was composed on one of his trips to London.It is about Fiji Islands. It wad his thought about FIjian soldiers serving abroad.
Au raica na nona vaka cola sau na Turaga na Tui Nayau ena siga e leqa kina. Na kena bisa e dua na tamani uca vakaitamera....era Luuvu saraga na vanua e sega ni dau Luvu e Suva. Keimami nanuma ga de dua na freak storm ni a draki vinaka sara tu ga na siga ya, oti na vakasigalevu sa Bisa mai na Uca. Kena yakavi sa qai kaburaki mai ni sa qai mai vakacegu vakadua tiko na I Taukei Vatuwaqa Levu Na Tui Nayau Na sau ni Vanua o Lau
Love the Fijian culture 💖 from your Samoa brothers manuia
Thanks uso❤❤❤
Isa,Was my first year working for Public Works Dept,And was very fortunate to be one of those called in to work day and night in preparation for the late Tui Nayau's funeral both in Viti Levu and to Lakeba.Farewell my chief😢😢.
Fiji will never have another GREAT Leader and a Father of Our country as such as Ratu Mara 😭
IT'S 26 OCTOBER 2023 AND I AM STILL WATCHING THIS VIDEO. WE REALLY MISS RATU MARA.THERE WILL NEVER BE A GREAT STATESMAN AND CHIEF LIKE RATU MARA.WE THE PEOPLE OF FIJI 🇫🇯 REALLY MISS YOU SIIR.
Who's watching in April 2020?
My first time watching this video and I'm in tears
This is my first time watching this😔💕💕
In 2022
Kaataki pea tulou atu Fiji, just a Tongan Fijian stopping in to watch and show my loto faka'apa'apa (respect).... 'ofa atu
Malo
Still watchin April 2023❤
how i vividly rem tiz day wen i ws jst in form 5 in a promiment sch in d west.. we d Lauan students had to pay our last respect by wearin black n offcourse our gafigafi😢😢❤
RIP Sir♔︎🕊
Isa it's 2024, I'm not tired of watching, Rest well my Chief
I want to say King Tupou 1st and the Tongan Royal Family are of Maafus bloodlines. This is where Ratu Mara of Fiji connected with the Tongan Royal right from the beginning. So close that the Ratu Mara ancestors and their bloodlines are the only people who inherit the power to walk in front of a Tongan Royal funeral. Toka he nonga Ratu Kamisese Mara
Saia Hau That’s the Blake family right?
@@rodneyrounds873 nope
@@rodneyrounds873 Blake is English family that came to tonga just like cocker and edwards etc. Tupou bloodline is deeper then that family
@@russellinu4260 Cocker is my great grandfather Englishman who married to Tongan lady.
@@beravukialau3989 toko is vully and sione your cousin? And ian cocker vukialau? Sione inukihaangana is my grandpa we from talasiu in tonga.
Isaaa...I vividly remember this day I was at the Albert Park.. the whole of Suva City in fact Fiji came to a standstill as we farewell a Statesman, the founder of the modern Fiji... Ratu Sir Kamisese T Mara. . And now we have lost another true son of FIJI Mr Laisenia Qarase.. 😭😭.. May their soul rest in peace..
Ratu Mara(mother side) pure Tongan....(Father side)is Fijian (Tui nayau) The high chief of lau..
@@lizzykay9894 My mother's great, great Grand Father Fatanitavake go to Fiji for his Sister Tuinavu so my Mom Great,Great grand Father Father Fatanitavake Never come back to Kolonga, TONGATAPU,TONGA,HE STAY WITH HIS SISTER TU'INAVU N HER FAMILY SHE WAS LATU SIR KAMISESE MARA Great Great grand Mother , TU'INAVU From KOLONGA TONGATAPU TONGA,
Under Ratu Mara's leadership Fiji had its best time in economic growth and stability. He was a great leader.
Im Tongan, I was in Fiji when He died, for LDS church serving mission, I never knew the connection between these two countrys Fiji and Tonga until I got to fiji, my Heritage,Ofa atu Kemuni kai Viti
Vinaka..Fiji and Tonga have alot of history and blood ties
Yes Latu Mara born in Tonga in Vavau l know it my grangpa hes grand is Nilotimasi Lolotama for one parent
@@donaldtrump2107 by u6f
So proud to see the connection in the island. It so incredible the story about the TUI NAYAU. He is a very intelligent man, powerful. I remember his smile and the look of full of respect and humble. Never in trouble the government. Chiff from god.
@@josatekiwainiqolo6954 When were you born? He's right.
RESPECT,....and I see our Chief Sir Michael Somare among the crowd paying his respects.
RIP Tui Nayau. Great visionary having such a diverse nation to look after during that time when colonial powers were still active around the pacific.
Isaaa Great. Laisenia Qarase died same Month and was presenting the eulogy to Rt Mara as Fijis PM at that time 16 years ago.
This day I remember so clear and was so proud to be part of the 'ai lakolako ni wase Pasifika' .
Isaaaa lei you can literal see Adi Ro Lala trying to hold back quite a few times 🥺 they were soulmates that shared 8 beautiful blessings together x to make it even sadder is that she passed on 3 months after him ❤️🩹 must’ve been so hard for their children to lose both parents in the same year.
Saddest day for Pacific islanders in history of man kind.
Yess trues up😭😭😭
If any tongas wondering why their royal people were there .It is through this late Chiefs family and province that Fiji is connected with Tonga
The tongan royal family also has connections through the island of Bau and the tuipelehaki clan of Rewa
@@Isaac-uc2ro the closest bloodline you would have to give it to is Ratu Epeli Nailatikau who's literal grandfather is King George Tupou II through a love affair between Adi Litia Cakobau (grandmother) and resulted in Epelis's father who is the late Ratu Edward Tungi Cakobau (took after his mothers name as he was raised in Fiji? cause his maternal grandfather did not like the ongoing affair between his daughter and the then king George Tupou II)
Mind you Ratu Epeli Nailatikau is married to Ratu Mara’s 2nd eldest daughter who is Adi Koila Mara - which basically makes them cousins, correct me if I'm wrong
Excellent documentary. Thank you 🇫🇯🇫🇯 RIP Ratu Sir KKT Mara ❤
Dammm this happens at 2004...wow at that time I was in class one...and now it's 2022🥺😇
Isaaa😭😭😭😭tears still flows as i remember this great statesman. He was our Chief (Turaga na Tui Lau)
RATU SIR KAMISESE TUIMACILAI MARA. Always be loved and remembered😭😭😭
#NoOneCanFillHisShoes
RIP Laisenia Qarase, great leaders gone but not forgotten.
Duval song
I never tire of watching this even in 2020.
I was still a student in secondary school when the great statesman passed on.... Rest well saka.
same
Very emotional documentation of a Humble leader ♥️
Fiji and Tonga need to reconnect and engage traditionally to maintain culture and heritage between the two including Samoa. For those that don't know, Fiji has chiefly blood relatives with Samoa as well. Problem is , it's not well preserved and documented. Younger Fijians todays have no clue based on comments I gather online. Our history needs to be preserved and kept well for future generations. If there's any differences between these three nations , it must be put aside for future sakes. Fiji, Tonga and Samoa have a lot in common and it goes way back in history. That in itself is rich in its own purity one cannot take away. Don't lose that for good or scenes like these will be no more.
So true 🇫🇯🇹🇴🇼🇸🌿🕊🌿🙏❤❤👑👑🙏🙏❤❤
Us from the Lau group hold both Tongan and Fijian culture with us and we are the centre as well.
The connection has always been there,
@@beravukialau3989GOD BLESS YOU FROM AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND
@@beravukialau3989THAT TRUE
What a handsome man he was the Tongan & Fijian in him .Rest in Peace the Tu'i lau ( King of the lau Group Fiji 😇🙏💖 God bless 'ofa atu
Love you Fiji 😇🙏💖
Who else is watching in July, 2020. Ni Qai gole ena vakacegu na Taukei Vatuwaqalevu.
Wow 😭25:10 seeing the people of Fiji with respect towards the late Chief from Lau made me cry !! Only in Fiji you'll see that level of respect !! Thank you for the video !!
OMG LAU PEOPLE COME ARROUND WIHT TAOVALA RESPECT
I remember our class being cut short and we were told that we would be walking to town and to sit by the street (we were by Thurston garden) just before the President's old resident. What a day it was for the country. Despite being so young, we truly felt that we had lost a great man of Fiji.
Urolevu
Its Feb 2021 and who else is watching?🥺❤
🙌❤️
⭐
Watching now June 2021 ,brought me tears to how elegance,humble , he was ,a true leader that loved and respected by many, not only in Fiji but to the rest of the pacific and other parts of the world, missed his great leadership 😢❤
Watching in January 2024
Watching this for the 1st time in January 2024.
I was in Class 4 back than.
He was a man of Elegance and a true leader of not only Fiji but of the Pacific giving the Islands a solid voice to the pressures sometimes foreign powers including our nearest and dearest new Zealand and Australia put on us. the last great funeral in Fiji. The people mourned and lined the streets in respect.
Ke manu'ia laū faī folaū TU'I NAYAU , SAŪ O FENUA KO LAŪ...PULE LASI O VITI LASI ....Ano lā HON. KAMISESE MARA ..'alofa e momoli atu ki loū Malõlõ 'aga i Tuboū..Taū Matagi
Thanks uso ❤
Isa this great chief who gave so much for Fiji...
It's been 2023,and who's still watching this.....RESPACT
TUI NEAU TUI ONO I LAU REST IN PEACE FROM THE KINGDOM OF TONGAN
Watching now 5/05/2020 -May God bless FIJI.
ONE OF GREATEST MAN IN SOUTH PACIFIC POLYNESIAN
just awesome! an amazing leader we all missed him -----KALOU RO GOD is great --in png language
Many Wonderful fond memories of great times in unique close company of a memorable Pacific Islands Chief Of Chiefs swapping yarns about his Fijian growing up and British controlled life style with his beloved Island people that he craved for a much better lifestyle for there future in the Pacific Islands and would I train and teach them my Maritime Salvage skills ,and capacity to hone there natural ability of there Fijian Islands survival education ,after our hectic overnight voyage on his Islands large Sailing Cargo Boat Kapai Wai that as a result of some overnight voyage Problems that I found out about on this overnight Voyage , and after my dive inspection on arrival next day at Lakeba .Then I Forbid for safety reasons Sir Ratu Kamisese Mara to not sail on ,again for unsafe concerns until his Vessel was towed back to Suva for Emergency Safety Repairs.
Love my Grandpa Funeral in Fiji malo Ratu kamasese kapauai Tu'imatilai Mala Love you always
Thanks uso❤
See the tongan king and queen there fiji 🇫🇯 and tonga history ae l
Yeah...they're very close family. Especially in the Lau Province
Greatman .educated man
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara was a truly remarkable man. A gentle giant of a man with wise vision and calm political fortitude. Fiji has not seen another leader the like of him and I doubt will. I still remember a joke he told me on Plantation Island Resort.
Rest in peace Ratu Sir Mara. I clearly remember this as I was in class 5 back then.
WoW 👍🏽😊 ThankU Ratu
isaa.still remember this day..am still in class 8.
Well our life we have own home we can not running away from it God own you and me in Jesus Amen
True Leader indeed.....Respect Sir
FROM THE KINGDOM OF TONGAN WE ALWAYS LOVE THE TUI NEAU TUI ONO I LAU GOD BLESS THE LAU PEOPLE
I can see Tongan royal HALAEVALU & KING TUPOU
Sela Dalziel MP the Late President was related to the Tongan Royal family,
ooh ? thank you thomas mataloa. Good to know
I am watching this in June 2020 for the first time.
Nice to see Tongan mats and tapa
I mean, Fijian also use those mats
May 2020 and it still brings tears to my eyes
Still watching Feb 2024
Isa i was in class 7 we were told to sit in the street of Suva…
2023 totolo na gauna
Rest high chief
Thank you Sir
Isaaa....😪😪😪😪😪Extrodaniary League of Gentlemen....😭😭😰😰
Yummy i really want some pork ribs and moli with masima .. and taro .
vinaka vakalevu ratu a veivakatorocaketaki.
000
vinaka Ratu......
May 25th 2022...He was a true leader of Fiji...
Watching this May 2021
The last of Fijis great chiefs
2020 anyone😩😭
guilty :)
Samson Colavoli io I fell ya rip finau Mara aswell 😭❤️
Me
RIP TUA..
2021😭😭😭😭
Resorts in Fiji are endless!
Truly said the father of modern Fiji.
Rest in peace Sir.
Ni moce ratu
What’s this song playing at the start
35:36
Sapunaoaaogchurch
Is he from Nau? I see a few people wearing mats like Tongans in the video
He is from Lau. A Fijian island who most of its people trace their ancestors to Tonga.
Taniela Tupoutu'a He’s from Lau?!?! Woooow! That’s so cool lol that’s one of the islands I really wanna visit in Fiji lol
@@islandgal123 the hotels and all luxurious travel destinations are in Vitilevu . Lau is a bit isolated from the mainland. 😔
The Late Ratu Sir Kamisese Kapaiwai Mara was the Former Tui Lau, The first Tui Lau was Ma'afu a tongan Prince and War Lord. Hence why they wear the Ta'ovala and The Late President was related to the Tongan Royal Famili.
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hey, whats the song at 33mins :) it sounds like a Mormon song
Lauaki Masima Masima _Lauaki the song was close by the late Turaga Tui Nayau,it is titled Ciri Koto.It was composed on one of his trips to London.It is about Fiji Islands. It wad his thought about FIjian soldiers serving abroad.
That is hymn, not a Mormon song
How are Fijians considered Melanesians when half of them literally look Exaclty like Tongans and Samoan's lol