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Na Noqu Mai Tauyavu E Vorovoro (My Days at Vorovoro with the Tribe) 
From Va on Vorovoro: Na noqu mai cakacaka e Vorovoro vei ira na ‘Tribe Wanted’ e a tekivu mai na dua ga na neitou i lakolako vakagade donuya na gauna ni sereki e n vula ko Okosita. Au a lako vata kei ira na makubuqu baleta na luvequ yalewa ko Adi Savaira Naileqe e vakawati e na matvuvale e Vorovoro. E na i lakolako oqo a donumaka na nodratou a gole ko iratou na lewe ni matavuvale oqo ki na nodra soqoni ni lotu e Viti levu. A vakayacori e dua na kena veivosaki se ko cei e bole me tiko me veiqaravi vei iratou na lewe ni ‘Tribe’ e ra tiko voli oqo e Vorovoro. Au a bole me’u vakasaqa ka veiqaravi vei iratou ko Ben, Sera, Repeka kei Dan. E na macawa ga ko ya a vakayacori kima e dua na vuli ni ‘First Aid’ ka ra sureti mai kina e ya rua na turaga mai na vei koro e Mali me ra mai tiko e na vuli oqo. E va na koro e Mali me ra mai tiko e na vuli oqo. E va na koro e Mali. Nakawaga, Ligaulevu, Vesi kei Matailabasa. A mai vakayacori vakavinaka na vuli. Na dau ni veivakavulici e lako mi Suva. Keitou vakayacora vakvinaka na neitouu i tavi. E ra a gunu ti e na mataka lailai, ti e na tini, vakasigalevu, ti e na va kei na vakayakavi. Need some work on your Fijian? Try the English version OR |
July Chief - VOTE NOW! Mariah Boyle may be running unopposed for the position of Chief in July 2008, but you can still have your in the voting booth! Make your vote count and your voice heard: * Read Mariah’s chief manifesto May 08 + June 08: The deadline has now passed for applications for May & June 2008. Please send your manifesto and chief-cast to adam@tribewanted.com ASAP if you wish to run for Chief
Visit Tribewanted.com for more information on applying for Chief and the application deadlines |
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I went for a walk with my camera and this is what I saw… Vorovoro Sunday Stroll - March 15th, 2008
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From Tui Koli on Vorovoro: Greetings from the southern hemisphere to all you readers ‘n’ believers. Utopia exists. I hope this blog finds ya well ‘n’ happy – just like me. What’s been happening in this part of the world? Well, let’s start here on an average week day: 5:58am 6:00am D-dum… (4secs) |
From Amy on Vorovoro: Where to start? I have been on the island for 2 weeks and I am calling it home already; it really is a unique place and an extremely fulfilling existence. I have experienced so much even in this short space of time and every day there is something new to learn and projects to be involved in. This morning I was woken with beautiful Fijian voices singing morning hymns at 5.30am. This was intermingled with the cockerels crowing and bird song whilst the sun was coming up and stretching its rays across the island; the best alarm clock I have ever had. I finally have the chance to sit down and write my first blog. A large chunk of wood as my table and the gentle sea with the two large boulders dotted with palm trees for my view. I can hear the roaring of the waves breaking on the reef out on the horizon and there are jumping fish that keep throwing themselves out of the water. My office. |
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The Evolution of Tribewanted: Reflections on life on Vorovoro a few weeks after leaving 
From Feb 08 Chief, Christy: When Mark and Ben hatched the idea of Tribewanted, the project’s first page was possibly written, but the rest was a blank book; Tribewanted was and is an unprecedented experiment. Whatever Tribewanted on Vorovoro started out to be, among it’s many attributes, it has now become a unique place which fosters self discovery, introspection, and expression, all of this without constriction or rigidity, any particular plan or lifestyle that you have to subscribe to. In this very respectful relaxed atmosphere created by the fusion of Tribewanted and the local Mali/Fijian way of life so close to nature, a space has evolved where no one has to fit into any kind of role or stereotype, no one has to prove anything to any one, look or act any particular way. Nothing on Vorovoro makes you feel that you have to “be” anything in particular. Unlike holidaying elsewhere, on Vorovoro the dress code is simply comfortable with a bit of respect thrown in. There are no mirrors to speak of and the scruffy look is more in vogue than anything else, there is no special way to “look” except the sulu look! Vorovoro is a place where your imagination and expression can take wing, where the fetters of the society that you come from are left behind, still, good taste and manners prevail (as opposed to what you often find in the boozing backpackers “resorts”). |
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Kimbo's Guide to Buying Grog.... 
There are some similarities between the Western World and Fiji, and the ‘protocol of presenting sevusevu’. You get invited round to your friends house for dinner, or theyve done a favour for you and you want to thank them. Your go to the nearest supermarket, straight to the alcohol section (or maybe flowers…then alcohol), and you start to browse. You dont want your host to think you are cheap, so you ignore the £2.99 Asda special. Your wallet prevents you from looking at those bottles at your eye level on the shelves – the more expensive brand, the more popular, etc…so you start to scan up and down, left and right. You find a mid range one, and read the label, pretending that you actually think you know what youre looking for….having met a large percentage of the tribe, i dont think it really matters what country the wine is from, what year it was made, if it does taste of apricot, peach, warm winters night, wood chippings, dog paw, if it compliments chicken, fish, red meat or a KFC Family bucket etc….as long as the % on the front of the bottle is high and it doesnt dent the wallet – then all is good. (the end result is the same – feeling rough the following day….) Read more of Kimbo's advice on how to choose a good bundle of grog |
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Returning to Vorovoro, again, with a Twist.. 
From June 07 Chief, Ryan Garcia: Tribe, I wanted to give everyone a heads-up and get some feedback regarding an extension of a “chief” project from June 2007. The first step in that, of course, is finding gamefish – while no one can dive the reef better than the Mali/Kia guys, bluewater hunting is something they’ve never done. But there are thousands of freedivers around the world who pay big $$$ every year to travel all around the south pacific looking for dogtooth tuna, big walu, yellowfin, etc… Two friends of mine from Hawai’i (also experienced free divers) are going to Vorovoro to help and share in the costs, as we’ll be leasing our own boat, paying wages to Marau/Api and others who captain for us, and donating a GPS to Mali so they can better guide future divers to bluewater fish. |
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Everybody’s Free (to wear Coconut Oil) 
Giles tries his hand at song writing: [read this to the tune of Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Everybody’s free (to wear to sunscreen)] Taukei and vulagi of the class of Vorovoro 2008, wear coconut oil. If I could offer you one tip for the future, coconut oil would be it. The long term benefits of coconut oil have bee proved by Pupu and Leavi, whereas my advice has no basis more reliable than my own balding experience. I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your island time, oh never mind, you’ll not understand the power and beauty of your island time until after your ‘isa lei.’ In 20 years time you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much cake lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as white and pasty as you think you are. Don’t worry about tomorrow as worrying about tomorrow is about as effective as pounding kava with a tea spoon. The troubles on the island are actually things that never crossed your worried mind. The kind that blindside you in ‘malau bus bilo’ at 4pm on an idle sevusevu Tuesday. Do one thing every day that scares you. Snorkel. Don’t be reckless with other people’s coconuts, don’t put up with other people who are reckless with yours. |
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