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In the Later years, there was active commerce between Tonga and Fiji, and later in the history of this relationship, the Fijians in the Lau Islands (Eastern Fiji) became vassals to the King of Tonga. One particular reason Tongans and Samoans came to Fiji was to build the Drua (large double-hulled canoes) which they could not build on their own ...
The culture of Fiji is a tapestry of native Fijian, Indian, European, Chinese and other nationalities. Culture polity traditions, language, food costume, belief system, architecture, arts, craft, music, dance, and sports will be discussed in this article to give you an indication of Fiji's indigenous community but also the various communities which make up Fiji as a modern culture and living.
Nicholas Thomas, Entangled Objects: Exchange, Material Culture, and Colonialism in the Pacific, p. 67. Details on ceremonial items and its value and importance in ceremony. Translations and transliterations. Albert James Schütz, Say it in Fijian, An Entertaining Introduction to the Language of Fiji, 1972.
Levuka, 1842 Fijian ship, 1842 Fijian house, 1842. Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first known European visitor to Fiji, sighting the northern island of Vanua Levu and the North Taveuni archipelago in 1643 while looking for Terra Australis incognita, or the Great Southern Continent. [15]
Although Indo-Fijians constituted a majority of Fiji's population from 1956 through to the late 1980s, discrimination and the resulting brain drain resulted in them numbering 313,798 (37.6%) (2007 census) out of a total of 827,900 people living in Fiji as of 2007.
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Something of, from, or related to the country of Fiji; The Fijians, persons from Fiji, or of Fijian descent. For more information about the Fijian people, see: Demographics of Fiji; Culture of Fiji; The Fijian language; Fijian cuisine
Mishra, Sudesh, Australian poet; Fiji-born, Indian descent; Narayan, Justin, winner of the thirteenth series of MasterChef Australia; born in Australia to Fiji-born parents of Indian origin; Parker, Craig, New Zealand-based actor born in Suva, Fiji; acted in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers