tributes
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Tongan King Tupou VI to lead tribute as Ratu Epeli Nailatikau lies in state at Fiji’s State House
King Tupou VI’s planned tribute to the late statesman signals a rare royal gesture steeped in Pacific family ties. As the three-day reguregu unfolds on Bau Island, ancestral protocols and iTaukei rites set the stage for a solemn farewell.