The Fijians a Study of the Decay of Custom

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Author

Thomson, Basil, 1861-1939

Title

The Fijians: A Study of the Decay of Custom

Credits

Produced by Jason Isbell, Suzanne Lybarger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas)

Subject

Ethnology -- Fiji

Category

Text

eBook-No.

38432

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38432

Release Date

December 28, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE FIJIANS
2. 2.A STUDY OF THE DECAY OF CUSTOM — THE FIJIANS
3. 3.BASIL THOMSON
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.INTRODUCTION
6. 6.CONTENTS
7. 7.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
8. 8.THE FIJIANS
9. 9.CHAPTER I — THE TRANSITION
10. 10.CHAPTER II — THE AGE OF MYTH — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER III — THE AGE OF HISTORY — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER IV — CONSTITUTION OF SOCIETY — The Confederation in Decay. — Lala — Communal Lala — Personal Lala — Community of Property through Kere-Kere — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER V — WARFARE — The Investiture of Koroi — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER VI — CANNIBALISM — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER VII — RELIGION — Totemism — Gods of the After-world — The Ndengei Myth — The Epic of Dengei — The Herald Speaks — Vunivasa — Second Choir — The Tuka Heresy — The Revolt at Seankanka ( Seaqaqa ) — The Mbaki, or Nanga Rites — Minor Rites of the Nanga — The Priesthood — Witchcraft — Kinda and Yalovaki — Charms — The Kalou-rere — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER VIII — POLYGAMY — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER IX — FAMILY LIFE — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.CHAPTER X — THE MARRIAGE SYSTEM [74] — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.CHAPTER XI — CUSTOMS AT BIRTH — Lactation — Weaning
20. 20.CHAPTER XII — CIRCUMCISION AND TATTOOING
21. 21.CHAPTER XIII — THE PRACTICE OF PROCURING ABORTION — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.CHAPTER XIV — THE INSOUCIANCE OF NATIVE RACES
23. 23.CHAPTER XV — SEXUAL MORALITY
24. 24.CHAPTER XVI — EPIDEMIC DISEASES — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.CHAPTER XVII — LEPROSY ( Vukavuka or Sakuka ) [95] — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.CHAPTER XVIII — YAWS ( Thoko ) — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.CHAPTER XIX — TUBERCULOSIS [100] — FOOTNOTES:
28. 28.CHAPTER XX — TRADE — The Solevu ( So-levu , i.e. Great Presentation) — The Solevu in Decay
29. 29.CHAPTER XXI — NAVIGATION AND SEAMANSHIP — FOOTNOTES:
30. 30.CHAPTER XXII — PHYSICAL POWERS
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIII — ATTITUDES AND MOVEMENTS
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIV — TRAITS OF CHARACTER — FOOTNOTES:
33. 33.CHAPTER XXV — SWIMMING
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVI — FISHING
35. 35.CHAPTER XXVII — GAMES — FOOTNOTES:
36. 36.CHAPTER XXVIII — FOOD — Water — FOOTNOTES:
37. 37.CHAPTER XXIX — YANKONA ( Kava )
38. 38.CHAPTER XXX — TOBACCO
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXI — THE TENURE OF LAND — The Yavu or Building Site — Nkele, Or Arable Land — The Veikau, or Forest — Tenures in Rewa — Individual Tenure — 1. Ai-thovithovi-ni-ndraundrau ( The plucking-place for the flooring-grass ) — 2. Ketenialewa ( The woman's womb ) — 3. Veitumalelake ( Defending the dead ) — 4. Ai-thovi-ni-nkanka ( Reward for bravery ) — 5. Veitau-ni-vanua ( Land given out of friendship ) — 6. Ai-thuruthuru-ni-ngone ( The child's introduction ) — 1. Ai-sere-ni-wa-ni-kuna ( Loosening of the strangling cord ) — 2. Ai-sere-i-soli-ni-mate ( The unrolling of the shroud ) and — 3. Tholambuka ( Carrying firewood ) — 4. Mundulinga ( The lopped finger ) — Leasehold ( Thokovaki ) — Province of Tailevu — FOOTNOTES:
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXII — CONCLUSION — FOOTNOTES:
41. 41.INDEX
42. 42.RELATIONSHIPS OF THE CHIEF FAMILY OF MBAU. — Table . — Table B. — FOOTNOTES:

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