Burebasaga Confederacy

Burebasaga is the largest of the three confederacies that comprise Fiji 's House Of Chiefs , to which all Fijian Chiefs belong. It consists of the provinces of Rewa Province , Nadroga , Serua , Kadavu Island off the coast of Suva , and parts of Ba and Ra . Burebusaga covers the eastern part of the island of Viti Levu , as well as parts of the west.

Lomanikoro , in Rewa Province, is the capital of this confederacy.

The Roko Tui Dreketi is the Paramount Chief of the Burebasaga Confederacy. Unlike the Kubuna and Tovata confederacies, Burebasaga does not require its paramount chief to be a male. The present ''Roko Tui Dreketi'' is ''Ro'' Teimumu Vuikaba Kepa , who succeeded her late sister, ''Ro Lady'' Lala Mara , a former First Lady of Fiji, in 2004 . Kepa is also Minister of education in the Fijian Cabinet .

Another prominent Burebasaga chief is the Tui Vuda , ''Ratu'' Josefa Iloilo , who is currently the President of Fiji. Former Prime Minister ''Ratu'' Tevita Momoedonu is also a Burebasaga chief.

Sources: Maori News (Fiji Supplement) ; Roko Tui Dreketi

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