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The first sulus were brought by missionaries coming from Tonga in the nineteenth century and were initially worn by iTaukei Fijians to indicate their conversion to Christianity. It is now regarded as Fiji's national dress [1] even though pre-colonial iTaukei Fijian traditional clothing consisted of garments such as the malo and the liku. [2]
The iTaukei (Indigenous Fijians) culture is not based on biological lineage but instead on a child's link to a spiritual ancestor. This has proved to be somewhat of a hurdle when attempting to apply Western culture in a Fijian landscape, such as the use of a predominantly Western criminal justice system.
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.
Fijians (Fijian: iTaukei, lit. 'Owners [of the land]') are a nation and ethnic group native to Fiji , who speak Fijian and English and share a common history and culture. Fijians, or iTaukei , [ 8 ] are the major indigenous people of the Fiji Islands of Melanesia .
Men's ryusou differ from women's ryusou in terms of colour, design, and material. [4] Men would secure their robes with a sash or girdle but women would hold theirs with a pin. [7] The ryusou for women is based on the bingata (紅型, lit. ' red patterns ') style of dyework. [4] Bingata could only be afforded by the people who had a rank and ...
Depiction of a Meitei woman making traditional Meitei clothes, using indigenous tools and instruments. Meitei clothing, or Meitei attire, or Meitei costumes, or Meitei dresses, or Meitei dressing, or Meitei fabrics, or Meitei garments, or Meitei robes, or Meitei textiles (Meitei: Phee/Phi), refer to the traditional clothes of Meitei cultural heritage of Manipur as well as Assam, Bangladesh ...
Meke, in the Fijian language, is all traditional style of dance. It is a cognate of the words "maka" ( Rotuman ) and " mele " in Hawaiian. It is typically performed during celebrations and festivals.
The university encourages students to wear Akwete cloth on "Traditional Dress Mondays" and gives the cloths produced to important visitors as gifts. The university's approach favors a more formal education, allowing students to pursue the trade while also being in school, and independent of the tradition of passing techniques down through ...