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For example, Mount Kasi on Vanua levu had 8 species restricted to it.
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Lastly and most important, one must not die a bachelor, for such are invariably dashed to pieces by Nangganangga, even if they should succeed in elud - ing the grasp of the Great Woman, Lewa-levu, who flaunts the path of the departed spirits and searches for the ghosts of good-looking men.
Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous
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Lastly and most important, one must not die a bachelor, for such are invariably dashed to pieces by Nangganangga, even if they should succeed in eluding the grasp of the Great Woman, Lewa-levu, who haunts the path of the departed spirits and searches for the ghosts of good-looking men.
The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915 Scientific Monthly 1915
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This theory would sufficiently account for the otherwise singular behaviour of grandfather's ghost in Vanua-levu.
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
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A more humane method of dealing with an importunate ghost used to be adopted in Vanua-levu, the largest but one of the Fijian islands.
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
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For the first time all Vanua-levu Premier teams like Seaqaqa, Nadogo, Dreketi, Savusavu, Bua and Taveuni will be known as Southern Forest after Anil Sharma sponsored each district for
unknown title 2009
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"This type of offence is almost unheard of in Vanua levu but seems to have become more prevalent."
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The _Nanga_ and its rites have also been described by Mr.A. B. Joske ( "The Nanga of Viti-levu,"
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
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Maa majhya eppudu godavalu levu; adi anta paata bastilone jarugutundi (what trouble?
The Times of India 2010
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Maa majhya eppudu godavalu levu; adi anta paata bastilone jarugutundi (what trouble?
The Times of India 2010
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