iTaukei Trust Fund Board

𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐏𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐒𝐄𝐓! Once a teacher, now an entrepreneur, Rupeni Rokoratu, owner of Perfume Fiji, encourages aspiring entrepreneurs to dream big, and act on those dreams. He says succeeding in business also requires a shift in thinking: adopting a business operator mindset, making deliberate decisions and taking responsibility for growing your business. His message: Dream big. Take action. Think like a business owner. #iTaukeiEnterpriseStories #PerfumeFiji #iTaukeiBusiness #Entrepreneurship #TTFB

Vinaka vakalevu for the coverage Fiji Times!

𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗨𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗔𝗡𝗦! 𝗡𝗔 𝗖𝗔𝗩𝗔 𝗡𝗔 𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗜 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗘? 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

𝙞𝙏𝙖𝙪𝙠𝙚𝙞 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙖 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩. 𝙄𝙩 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙨 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙖 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙! 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐣𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞, 𝐃𝐫 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐚, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐃𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐃 𝐍𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐞, 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭. “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝.” 𝐃𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. “𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐅𝐢𝐣𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚.” 𝐃𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐋𝐚𝐛, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟎 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝟕 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝟖 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐣𝐢'𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐚, 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. “𝐍𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐬: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐓𝐓𝐅𝐁, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬.” #𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐚𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐋𝐚𝐛 #𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 #𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 #𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 #𝐓𝐓𝐅𝐁 #𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐃𝐍𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐞

𝚆𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙴 𝙱𝚄𝚂𝙸𝙽𝙴𝚂𝚂 𝙼𝙴𝙴𝚃𝚂 𝚅𝙴𝙸𝚆𝙴𝙺𝙰𝙽𝙸: 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝙸𝙼𝚂 𝚂𝚃𝙾𝚁𝚈 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢 𝐐𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭. 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧 “𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫.” 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟒𝟒-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐘𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚, 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐛𝐚, 𝐋𝐚𝐮, 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐒 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐣𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 - 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐒 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐣𝐢. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫, 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐩𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐤𝐢 𝐍𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐚 (𝐊𝐮𝐤𝐢) 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐒 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢, 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐰𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐢. “𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐰𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐢. 𝐈𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥.” 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚: “𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭. 𝐈𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭. 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐭.” #𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 #𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 #𝐢𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐢𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 #𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐒𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐅𝐢𝐣𝐢 #𝐓𝐓𝐅𝐁

BERA NA SAURIVA! Last week we asked you to share your thoughts on the iTaukei idiom 'Bera na Sauriva'. 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. Ena macawa sa oti keitou a keres yani vei kemuni mo ni vakamacalataka mai nai balebale ni vosavosa vakaviti na 'Bera na Sauriva.' 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