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The Sacred Turtles of Kadavu

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Aswany Mohan
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The Sacred Turtles of Kadavu
By Aswany Mohan
The women of Namuana village in Fiji have a very strange ritual of calling turtles from the sea. The turtles will not rise, if any member of the neighboring village of Nabukelevu is present there at the time. There is a reason behind it.
Long ago in the lovely village of Namuana there lived two beautiful women- Tinaicoboga, the wife of the chief of Namuana, and their daughter Raudalice. One day, they went to a far away place for fishing. They were caught by the fishermen from neighboring village Nabukelevu. The women begged for their lives, but no one listened.
As the women were taken away, there caused a storm in the sea and the canoe was in danger of drowning. The women turned into turtles and they were thrown into the sea by the fishermen. The belief is that the turtles that live in the Kadavu bay are the generation of these two women. The people of Namuana and Namukelevu are great enemies even today.
The Sacred Turtles of Kadavu
The Sacred Turtles of Kadavu

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The Sacred Turtles of Kadavu

  • 3. The women of Namuana village in Fiji have a very strange ritual of calling turtles from the sea. The turtles will not rise, if any member of the neighboring village of Nabukelevu is present there at the time. There is a reason behind it.
  • 4. Long ago in the lovely village of Namuana there lived two beautiful women- Tinaicoboga, the wife of the chief of Namuana, and their daughter Raudalice. One day, they went to a far away place for fishing. They were caught by the fishermen from neighboring village Nabukelevu. The women begged for their lives, but no one listened.
  • 5. As the women were taken away, there caused a storm in the sea and the canoe was in danger of drowning. The women turned into turtles and they were thrown into the sea by the fishermen. The belief is that the turtles that live in the Kadavu bay are the generation of these two women. The people of Namuana and Namukelevu are great enemies even today.