Burotu Explained

In the Melanesian mythology of Fiji, Burotu is the paradise-underworld. Newly dead souls are judged by Degei, and a few go to Burotu. The rest go to Murimuria.^[1]

See also

• Bulu, said to be the name for the Fijian 'land of death'
• Pulotu, a similar concept in the Polynesian cultures of Tonga and Samoa

Notes and References

1. T. Williams, J. Calvert, Fiji and the Fijians, Heylin, 1858.