Tuilabelabe The Dog of War
The Dog has been a spiritual representation for Yavusa Buca in particular tokatoka Valelevu from time immemorial the origins for this tradition are now forgotten.
In early records the Rasau was just referred to as Sau and the priest of spirits; if a battle was to be fought with Mualevu, the people of Buca and Lomaloma would bring him offerings of Tabua and as many as a hundred Tapa cloth this, Rasau at that time had a large dog referred to as Tuilabelabe or Tuinaividrawalu who would bark in the direction of the Army that would be defeated and based on this the people of Buca and the Lomalomans would decide to fight.
Its is said until this present day that if anyone from Yavusa Buca is about to die the Dog Labelabe will appear as an omen of what will follow.
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