What is "vatanitawake"

The title Vatanitawake is the i cavuti (chiefly title) of Viwa Island, Yasawa, Fiji. Early inhabitants of Vatanitawake were from Waya and settled in Yakani and then Yawalevu. The descendants of the first settlers were of the direct lineage of Maikeli Vukuwale, the chief of Viwa. Chief Maikeli Vukuwale's son was Isei Tokovou who gave the Tui Viwa title to Semisi Ravusou on the condition that Ravusou and his family remain part of the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma. However, the sons of Ravusou were converted to Catholicism so the title of Tui Viwa automatically reverted to the descendants of Maikeli Vukuwale. Serupepeli Koroitaiti is the current holder of the Tui Viwa title.

The first inhabitants of Viwa were from Waya where they first settled at Yakani, and then at Yawalevu.

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