iTaukei Trust Fund Board

𝐕𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐈𝐤𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐮! We asked you to share your thoughts on the iTaukei idiom 'Vakabula Ika Levu'. Here is the explanation from our partners in the Vosavosa Vakaviti Campaign the Institute for iTaukei Language and Culture's Senior Language Officer Keasi Vatanitawake. Keitou a kerea yani vei kemuni mo ni vakamacalataka mai nai balebale ni vosavosa vakaviti na 'Vakabula Ika Levu'. E sa vakamacala kina o Keasi Vatanitawake mai na Tabana ni Vosa kei nai Tovo Vakaviti. Ni sarava mada yani na nona vakamacala. #VosavosaVakaviti #LanguageCulturePreservation #TTFB #MinistryofItaukeiAffairs See less

#VolauNiVolavola #TalanoaBookLAB #LanguageCulturePreservation

𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗨𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗔𝗡𝗦! 𝗡𝗔 𝗖𝗔𝗩𝗔 𝗡𝗔 𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗜 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗘? The iTaukei Trust Fund Board, in partnership with the iTaukei Institute of Language and Culture, is running the Vosavosa Vakaviti Campaign, an initiative to promote and revitalise the iTaukei language - Vosa Vakaviti. Our language is more than the words we speak. It is a repository of our knowledge, our indigenous wisdom and the way our people have understood and passed on lessons about life for generations. Vosavosa Vakaviti or iTaukei idioms carry much of this wisdom. Through this campaign, we will share these expressions, their meanings and the knowledge behind them. The campaign supports TTFB's mandate of Language and Culture Preservation, helping to keep our language alive, understood and used by future generations. E cicivaka tiko ena gauna oqo na nomuni Tabana ni Lavo Maroroi ni Itaukei (Itaukei Trust Fund Board) kei na Tabana ni Tovo kei na Vosa e dua na sasaga ni kena vakavabulabulataki na kena vakayagataki na noda vosa na Vosa Vakaviti. Dua na kena sasaga oqo ena wasei yani na vosavosavaka Viti e so ka umani tu kina na noda vuku vakavanua kei na kilaka eso eda kilai kina na kawa iTaukei. Na noda vosa. Na noda kila. Na noda iYau. Interact with the post, define what this iTaukei idiom means. Ni vakaraitaka mai na nomuni nanuma me baleta nai balebale ni vosavosa vakaviti e tabaki toka qori. #VosavosaVakaviti #TTFB #iTaukeiLanguage #LanguageRevitalisation #iTaukeiCulture #OurLanguageOurHeritage

𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢! We asked you to share your thoughts on the iTaukei idiom 'Tali Magimagi'. Here is the explanation from our partners in the Vosavosa Vakaviti Campaign the Institute for iTaukei Language and Culture's Senior Language Officer Keasi Vatanitawake. Keitou a kerea yani vei kemuni mo ni vakamacalataka mai nai balebale ni vosavosa vakaviti na 'Tali Magimagi.' E sa vakamacala kina o Keasi Vatanitawake mai na Tabana ni Vosa kei nai Tovo Vakaviti. Ni sarava mada yani na nona vakamacala. #VosavosaVakaviti #LanguageCulturePreservation #TTFB #MinistryofItaukeiAffairs

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𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑 - 𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐔𝐌𝐔 For more than three decades, Anare Somumu has used illustration to communicate stories, ideas and knowledge. Now, his drawings will help bring 20 new short stories in Vosa Vakaviti to life for Fiji’s children. Anare is the official illustrator for the Volau ni Volavola/Talanoa BookLab project, which is developing a collection of 20 iTaukei short stories earmarked for the literature curriculum for Years 7 and 8 in Fiji’s primary schools. An illustrator since 1991, including around 15 years with the Curriculum Development Unit (CDU) of the Ministry of Education, Anare believes a picture can do much more than decorate a page. “Drawing or illustration is a way of communicating. It is a powerful communication tool.” For iTaukei, he says, learning has traditionally happened through what we see and hear. Long before knowledge was extensively written down, stories and oral traditions helped pass values, behaviour and indigenous knowledge from one generation to another. Today, Anare sees illustration as another way of strengthening that connection, helping young readers understand and engage with stories written in Vosa Vakaviti. He also sees his talent as his own small contribution to something much bigger. “I illustrate. I am not a writer. But that is my contribution to making our country better.” His message is for all of us: whatever our gift or talent may be, we can use it to contribute to our communities, address the challenges around us and help build a better Fiji. For Anare, that gift is illustration. And through the Talanoa BookLab, his drawings will help a new generation see, read and connect with stories told in their own language. #TalanoaBookLab #VosaVakaviti #iTaukeiLanguage #LanguageAndCulture #IndigenousKnowledge #FijianLiterature #TTFB