Dr Asesela Ravuvu states in his book The Fijian Way of Life (1983, pp.  45): "Marriage was not just a union of two individuals, it was also the 'marriage' of the two groups, who thereby became socially and economically related to one another".
Asesela Ravuvu在他的書中The Fijian Way of Life（1983，45頁）指出：「婚姻不只是兩個人的結合，也是兩個群體的『婚姻』，這兩個群體因此有了社會和經濟上的關聯。