Somosomo

Tuikilakila, the chief of Somosomo, offered Mr. Hunt a preferment of this sort.

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897

Somosomo, the little body was placed in a box and hung from the tie-beam of the principal temple.

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897

_ The writer witnessed what he calls the ceremony of consecration in the case of a young man of the highest rank in Somosomo and he has described what he saw.

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897

From Lakemba, occupying a week on the voyage, they proceeded to the island of Somosomo, till lately one of the strongholds of idolatry and cannibalism.

The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Ultimately the station was abandoned, and the chief was murdered by one of his own sons, who was himself murdered by a brother; and such anarchy and confusion reigned, that Somosomo was laid almost desolate.

The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Christianity spread among the islands in the neighbourhood of Lakemba subject to Somosomo.

The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

On an island off Vanua Levu, or the Great Land, was situated the town of Somosomo, the chief of which, who had considerable power, begged that missionaries might be sent to him.

The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Somosomo has only a country store, but I manage to find some decent cookies there and some water.

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I walk east along the only road towards Naqara and Somosomo, two villages about 3k north of my resort.

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I walk east along the only road towards Naqara and Somosomo, two villages about 3k north of my resort.

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