Team Fiji sings Isa Lei, the Fijian Farewell song, at the close of COP23. Moce mada! Congratulations to all. | COP23

Isa Lei by Lia Osborne

The song ‘Isa Lei’ is a traditional Fijian Farewell Song sung to thank and bid farwell to our most treasured friend, family and guests. Tradition says that the ‘Isa Lei’ was composed by Turaga na Tui Nayau, Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba (father of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, founding father of the modern nation of Fiji) in 1916 for Adi Litia Tavanavanua when she went to visit Tubou, Lakeba. Here, Exscholars gathered at the doorstep of the Presbytery of Saint Johns College, Cawaci join in singing ISA LEI, a