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Fiji Week celebrations commenced on 7 October 2005, and culminated with Fiji Day on 10 October, [1] the 35th anniversary of Fiji's independence from British colonial rule. [2] [1] The official program focused on national reconciliation and healing. [1] It culminated with a day of prayer and fasting on Fiji Day.
Fiji Week was a week of prayer meetings and multicultural programmes that took place the week of 4–11 October 2004. Organized at a cost of US$410,000 by a multiracial national committee chaired by the Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase, Fiji Week was intended to foster reconciliation among Fiji's diverse ethnic communities, especially native Fijians and Indo-Fijians, whose mutual rivalry for ...
Fiji Week is a week of festivities culminating in Fiji Day [1] on 10 October (the anniversary of Fiji's independence from British colonial rule in 1970) annually. [2] A different theme is chosen every year, but common elements include religious ceremonies and cultural performances. The preceding week to Fiji Day is called Fiji Week.
1 January – New Year's Day; 18 April – Good Friday; 19 April – Easter Saturday; 21 April – Easter Monday; 7 September – Constitution Day; 4 September – The Prophet's Birthday; 10 October – Fiji Day; 22 October – Diwali; 25 December – Christmas Day; 26 December – Boxing Day
2. Austin, Texas. 2024 marked the 41st annual Viva La Vida festival and parade celebrating Day of the Dead in Austin, TX. It took place on Oct. 26 and included a Grand Procession, hands-on ...
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and injured more than 260 people.. Last year marked the 10th anniversary since the 2013 attack, when ...
Public holidays in Fiji reflect the country's cultural diversity. Each major religion in Fiji has a public holiday dedicated to it. Also Fiji's major cities and towns hold annual carnivals, commonly called festivals, which are usually named for something relevant to the city or town, such as the Sugar Festival in Lautoka, as Lautoka's largest and most historically important industry is sugar ...
Fiji XV: 1 Eroni Mawi, 2 Tevita Ikanivere (co-capt.), 3 Samu Tawake; 4 Isoa Nasilasila, 5 Temo Mayanavanua; 6 Meli Derenalagi, 7 Kitione Salawa, 8 Elia Canakaivata; 9 Frank Lomani, 10 Caleb Muntz ...