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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.
Karen J. Brison, Our Wealth Is Loving Each Other: Self and Society in Fiji. Details on the Tabua and its role and value in traditional presentation. 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.
The powder is placed in a muslin cloth and small amounts of water are added to extract the juice out of the powder. Kava is not unique to the Fijian culture; it is widely consumed in other Pacific nations. It has religious and tribal significance and is used as a peace offering known as sevusevu during Fijian functions. Kava consumption can be ...
Cultural history of Fiji (1 C) L. Languages of Fiji (1 C, 14 P) M. Mass media in Fiji (7 C, 2 P) Fijian mythology (1 C, 9 P) N. ... Pages in category "Culture of Fiji"
Postcard from Fiji depicting "'Meke-Meke' (National Dance)" from 1903. Meke, in the Fijian language, is all traditional style of dance. It is a cognate of the words "maka" and "mele" in Hawaiian. It is typically performed during celebrations and festivals.
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 ...
In Fiji the sulu is seen as an expression of ethnic Fijian identity. While wearing a sulu is often mandatory for Fijians in certain settings, [9] [10] previously, members of other ethnicities were sometimes discouraged from wearing it. [11] Nowadays, it is pleasant to see all ethnic groups wearing the sulu.
Thus, some gods were universally known throughout Fiji, others were local gods of large or small territories, while some were simply gods of particular families." Basil Thomson (1908:113) suggests that, "Groups in Fiji who are tauvu or kalou-vata, i.e. worshippers of the same god, have a common origin".