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| | Lala Mara - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | She was regarded as a formidable and astute woman, whose influence on her husband was said to be considerable. |
 | | From her father, she inherited the title of Roko Tui Dreketi, the traditional title of the rulers of the Burebasaga confederacy, which covers the provinces of Rewa, Nadroga, Namosi, Serua, Kadavu Island (off the coast of Suva), and parts of Ba. |
 | | Adi Lala's marriage, on 9 September 1950, to Ratu Mara, who was to become the Tui Lau and Tui Nayau (the traditional ruler of the Lau Islands) was considered a dynastic marriage, as it united two powerful feudal families. |
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