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Traditional Fijian Architecture and the Practice of Cannibalism Within Fiji Between 900 B.C. – 1867: The Number of Islands Which Comprise Fiji, the Requirement Prior to Constructing Traditional Fijian Residential Architecture for a Turaga i Taukei (Chief of the Landowners), the Gender of Turaga i Taukei, the Replacement for Human Sacrifice Within Fiji During the Modern Day, the Reason Fijians Traditionally Consumed Human Beings, and the Period When Cannibalism Ended Within Fiji

Fiji is an archipelago of 333 islands however only 33% are inhabited. In traditional Fijian culture, when the chief was ready to build a new home, a person was killed before any construction began so that they could be buried within one of the post holes which the house would be constructed upon. This person can be either a male or a female. This custom is no longer practiced, with the ceremonial sacrificial murder being replaced by an enormous feast with sacrificial pigs, goats, and cows, durin...


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