Bau (Fijian pronunciation: [mbɔu̯] ) is the main village on Bau Island, Fiji. Once integral to the power and economy of the chiefly village, the villages of Lasakau (traditional fishermen) and Soso (traditional carpenters) are also located on the twenty-two acre island which became the centre of traditional power throughout the Fiji Islands in the nineteenth century. Because of its historic significance, in 1968 the Leader of the Opposition, A.