Welcome to the summary page for FabulousFusionFood's Rotuman recipes, part of Oceania. This page provides links to all the Rotuman recipes presented on this site, with 1 recipes in total.

This is a continuation of an entire series of pages that will, I hope, allow my visitors to better navigate this site. As well as displaying recipes by name, country and region of origin I am now planning a whole series of pages where recipes can be located by meal type and main ingredient. This page gives a listing of all the Rotuman recipes added to this site.

Rotuman Cuisine is Polynesian in origin, with elements from Tahiti Nui, Marquesas, and Rapa Nui.

These recipes, for the major part, originate in Rotuma. Otherwise they are fusion recipes with major Rotuman influences.

Rotuma, is a self-governing heptarchy, generally designated a dependency of Fiji. Rotuma commonly refers to the Rotuma Island, the only permanently inhabited and by far the largest of all the islands in the Rotuma Group. Officially, the Rotuma Act declares that Rotuma consists of Rotuma Island as well as its neighbouring islands, rocks, and reefs across the entire Rotuma Group. The dependency is situated around 500 km west of the French islands of Wallis and Futuna and a similar distance north of the Fijian mainland. Its capital is Ahau, a hamlet consisting of a number of colonial-era buildings. Rotuma exists as a dependency of Fiji but itself contains its own socioreligious pene-enclave known traditionally as Faguta where the chiefs (of Juju and Pepjei) and their villages adhere to the practices of worship, festival dates, and French-based writing system of the Marists, based at Sumi.

The island group is home to a large and unique Polynesian indigenous ethnic group which constitutes a recognisable minority within the population of Fiji, known as 'Rotumans'. Its population at the 2017 census was 1,594, although many more Rotumans live on mainland Fijian islands, totaling 10,000.

Rotuma was first inhabited according to record by people of Tahiti Nui, Marquesas, and Rapa Nui. At that time, it was known as Siria. Little was known about the exact years of migration from these far Eastern Kingdoms of those times. The only information known was that Rotuma was used by these three Kingdoms as the royal burial ground for the Kings and Queens of Tahiti Nui and Rapa Nui.

Etymology: The term 'Rotuma' refers to both an island in the South Pacific (a dependency of Fiji) and the unique indigenous people and language associated with it. The etymology of the name 'Rotuma' (or its variant 'Rotuam') is believed to derive from the local language, with possible meanings relating to its geographic location or a specific cultural practice.

Rotuman Cuisine:

Culturally, the cuisine of Rotuma is Polynesian in origin, with elements from Tahiti Nui, Marquesas, and Rapa Nui.

Modern Fijian Cuisine is rather diverse with great influence from Indian cuisine and spices. When these are applied to local traditional dishes, it makes for interesting eating. European, Indian, and Chinese variants of cuisine, along with traditional foods, are commonplace in most, if not all households in Fiji.