1. Fiji - Culture fiji culture. Building houses in Fiji is a traditional skill that has been handed down from century to The people of Fiji also participate in modern sports such as soccer http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/pges/kid-pages/islands/fiji/culture.html

Fiji Culture Building houses in Fiji is a traditional skill that has been handed down from century to century. The Fijians use local materials. Some are made of bamboo and reeds. The Fijians enjoy traditional stories told by song and dance during special ceremonies. One of their traditions is the fire walking ceremony. Some of their arts include making palm mats, wood carving and pottery. The people of Fiji also participate in modern sports such as soccer and rugby. home history location economy ... authors

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3. Fiji Culture | Lonely Planet World Guide The missionaries brought hymns and choir singing to Fiji, and local church At Indiancultural centres performances are given in traditional Indian music http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/pacific/fiji/culture.htm

home search help worldguide ... Related Weblinks Fiji Culture Fijians still practise many traditional arts and crafts, some of which have endured the destructive impact of Western influences and the relentless campaigning of the Christian missionaries, and some which have been modified and embellished to satisfy the demands of tourism. Dance is still strong in Fiji and the narrative meke performances rest on strong oral traditions. Dances are passed down from generation to generation, and in their strict forms the dancers' bodies are said to take on spirits of the netherworld. Meke accompanied special events like births, deaths, calls to war, marriages and property exchanges. At times of war men would perform cibi with spears and clubs, while women performed dele or wate - dances which sexually humiliated enemy captives. Traditional Indian dances are still taught in Indian communities. The missionaries brought hymns and choir singing to Fiji, and local church singing is truly divine. Popular local musical artists include Seru Serevi, Danny Costello, Michelle Rounds, Karuna Gopalan, Laisa Vulakoro, the Freelancers and the Black Roses. Cassettes and CDs of local music are available in Fijian stores. Music from Bollywood films (Indian melodramas) is popular amongst Indo-Fijians and local bands play covers of Indian songs. At Indian cultural centres performances are given in traditional Indian music featuring vocal, harmonium, tabla and sitar ensembles. Fiji has been famous for pottery since the Lapita people began trading their wares deep into the South Pacific thousands of years ago. The most famous of the contemporary potters are Dian Tugea and Taraivini Wati, both of whom are featured in the Fiji Museum. Wood carving is still important, perhaps mostly because of the steady tourist demand for souvenirs to take home. Fijian carvers make war clubs, spears and cannibal forks. Drinking bowls, or

4. Fiji Culture Guide Information and pictures of Fijian culture. Includes a visual guide to Fiji with virtual tours, travel information, accommodation guides, and local community news and listings. fiji culture Guide. villages and traditions. Fiji Island Home ; Fiji Picture Tour the Pacific Islands) is the traditional drink of Fiji and serves as a ceremonial and social mediator http://www.fiji-island.com/culture.html

5. Fiji Culture, Fiji Information, Fiji History, Fiji Facts, Fiji Islands Culture Cnlike the islands of Polynesia which showed a continuous steadily evolving culturefrom initial occupation, Fiji appears to have undergone at least two http://www.tropicalfiji.com/about_fiji/Culture/

Start About Fiji Culture : Overview Visiting From: Not Selected ( Change About Fiji Resorts Romance ... Service Guide Overview Culture Overview Pre-History Legends Etiquette ... Say it in Fijian A ccording to Fijian legend, the great chief Lutunasobasoba led his people across the seas to the new land of Fiji . Most authorities agree that people came into the Pacific from Southeast Asia via Indonesia. Here the Melanesians and the Polynesians mixed to create a highly developed society long before the arrival of the Europeans. T he European discoveries of the Fiji group were accidental. The first of these discoveries was made in 1643 by the Dutch explorer, Abel Tasman and English navigators, including Captain James Cook who sailed through in 1774, and made further explorations in the 18th century. M ajor credit for the discovery and recording of the islands went to Captain William Bligh who sailed through Fiji after the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789. The first Europeans to land and live among the Fijians were shipwrecked sailors and runaway convicts from the Australian penal settlements. Sandalwood traders and missionaries came by the mid 19th century. C annibalism practised in Fiji at that time quickly disappeared as missionaries gained influence. When Ratu Seru Cakobau accepted Christianity in 1854, the rest of the country soon followed and tribal warfare came to an end.

6. Fiji Culture And History A guide to the culture and history of the people of Fiji. Hawaii/South Pacific for Visitors. fiji culture and History. Guide picks fiji culture Guide. From Fiji Vision an excellent set of four pages detailing various aspects of the culture of http://gohawaii.about.com/cs/fijiculture

zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Travel Hawaii / South Pacific for Visitors South Pacific ... Fiji Fiji Culture Home Essentials American Idol Hawaii Contestants Beach Guide ... A to Z Site Map zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Hawaii - Indexed by Island South Pacific Hawaii Vacation Planner Events Calendars ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Stay Current Subscribe to the About Hawaii / South Pacific for Visitors newsletter. Search Hawaii / South Pacific for Visitors Fiji Culture and History A guide to the culture and history of the people of Fiji. Alphabetical Recent Up a category Culture and Tradition From PacificNavigator.com an excellent overview of the culture and traditions of the people of Fiji. Fijian Common Words and Phrases An excellent guides to basic Fijian words and phrases. Fiji Culture Guide From Fiji Vision an excellent set of four pages detailing various aspects of the culture of the Fijian people. History of Fiji - Britannica.com An excellent history of Fiji from Britannica.com. History of Fiji From PacificNavigator.com an excellent overview of the history of Fiji.

7. Fiji Culture Guide - Culture And Ceremonies Comprehensive information about Fijian culture and lifestyle in the Fiji Islands. Includes traditional ceremonies, dances, handcraft and religion. Site includes full travel information on the Fiji http://www.fijivision.com/Disclaimer.html

8. MapZones.com Culture Fiji Maps. fiji culture. Fiji History. Fiji Time and Date. Fiji, Culture, Backto Top. Fiji s mixed racial background contributes to a rich cultural heritage. http://www.mapzones.com/world/pacific/fiji/cultureindex.php

Country Info Fiji Introduction Fiji General Data Fiji Maps Fiji Culture ... Fiji Time and Date Fiji Culture Back to Top Fiji's mixed racial background contributes to a rich cultural heritage. Many features of traditional Fijian life survive; they are most evident in the elaborate investiture, marriage, and other ceremonies for high-ranking chiefs. These ceremonies provide a focus for the practicing of traditional crafts, such as the manufacture of masi, or tapa cloth, made from the bark of the paper mulberry; mat weaving; wood carving; and canoe making. Drinking of yanggona (kava, made from the root of Piper methysticum) is a part not only of important ceremonies but also of everyday life. Displays of “traditional” Fijian culture, music, and dancing make an important contribution to tourism; model villages and handicraft markets are popular. Most Indian women continue to wear the sari together with traditional jewelry in gold and silver. Traditional marriage ceremonies are practiced, as are customs such as fire walking and ritual self-torture as part of important religious ceremonies. Cinemas showing imported Indian films are popular. Diwali, the Hindu Festival of the Lights, is celebrated every October and is a public holiday. Fijian culture is more closely related to that of the Polynesians. Indians, whose ancestors were brought between 1879 and 1916 to work on British plantations in Fiji, comprise about 45 percent of the population. The remainder consists of Europeans, Chinese, other Pacific Islanders, and people of mixed ethnicity. About 52 percent of the people are Christians, with Methodists and Roman Catholics forming the largest groups. Hindus comprise 39 percent of the population, and Muslims, 8 percent.

9. Fiji Culture fiji culture. NZPTC Creates History Fiji is a very social country and most leisure activities are done with friends and family. Fiji being a tropical island http://www.nzptc.ac.fj/fiji_culture.htm

Fiji Culture NZPTC Creates History Six years ago, NZPTC began with a vision. A vision of tertiary education being available to each and every school leaver, regardless of whether he or she had finished Form Six or not. Religion Other Leisure Religion Top Other Leisure Like people of any other country, people enjoy their leisure time. Fiji is a very social country and most leisure activities are done with friends and family. Fiji being a tropical island, one of the most popular leisure activities is a day at the beach. People also enjoy going into the bush and enjoying relaxing and picnicing by beautiful waterfalls or rivers. There are many hotels where people like to go to spend the day relaxing or taking part in the activities. Top About us Courses Student Information ... Press Releases

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13. Fiji History & Fiji Culture | IExplore Fiji Travel. Monthly Newsletter. Signup for monthly travelspecials Save up to 50% Privacy Statement. Fiji History. http://www.iexplore.com/dmap/Fiji/History

dateString = 1082233799; FORBES' #1 ADVENTURE TRAVEL SITE 4 YEARS IN A ROW TIME MAGAZINE TOP 50 Your experts in adventure and experiential travel Keyword Search: Home Trip Finder Destination Guides Join / Sign-in ... Fiji History E-mail this page Fiji Travel Travel and Trips Fiji Overview The Essentials Where to Go ... Health and Vaccinations Monthly Newsletter Sign-up for monthly travel specials Save up to 50% Privacy Statement Fiji History Fiji's first settlers were Melanesians, who arrived there some 3,500 years ago. When European explorers landed in the islands in the mid 1600s, they discovered that outsiders could expect a warm welcome - in a Fijian oven. The islanders' custom of eating intruders and other undesirables didn't cease until the late 19th century, when Fiji became a British colony. As they did elsewhere in the region, the British imported laborers from India to work the sugar plantations. Today, Fiji's population is divided almost equally between ethnic Indians and Melanesians. Mixing between the two groups is minimal, and informal segregation runs deep at almost every level of society. Ethnic tensions flared shortly after the nation gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1970. Those tensions escalated in 1987 after elections seated a coalition government dominated by ethnic Indians. A coup led by Sitiveni Rabuka, a native Fijian military leader, overthrew the civilian government. A new constitution was written giving preferential treatment to ethnic Fijians. Pressure from the international community led to changes in the constitution in 1997, which eased tensions for a time.

14. Fiji Culture And Religion - Cultural Ceremonies & The Fijian Language - Fiji Vis Comprehensive Fiji visitor information about religion, culture andtheir language. fiji culture, religion and the fijian language. http://www.tourismfiji.com/page6-21.html

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15. More Fiji Culture John s Beekeeping Notebook. Fiji s Land and People (page 2). Coconuthusks serve as fuel. The seas surrounding Fiji are rich with life. http://outdoorplace.org/beekeeping/fijires.htm

Home Up Observation Hives Cell-plug Queen Rearing ... Links John's Beekeeping Notebook Fiji's Land and People (page 2) My village is Nayaulevu, Ra, located in the interior of Viti Levu island. The people at Nayaulevu grow sugar cane and most of their food crops. I was often amazed at the resourcefulness of the Fijian people. In the photo at left, some dough is being baked into tasty buns by heating from above as well as below. Coconut husks serve as fuel. The seas surrounding Fiji are rich with life. Fishing by spear, net and hook are skills that most Fijians have. Mosese and his mother, Uma, (right) are about to prepare our evening meal. Mosese and I speared these sea creatures at night. The little talapia at left will make a tasty meal at Merevakauca, Ra. The women typically do most of the net fishing. Sometimes groups of 20 or more women would wade into the sea with big nets to herd and capture the fish. Mariana Nabutu (right) cuts cattle intestine into bite-sized pieces using a sharp piece of bamboo. She has metal knives, but finds the razor-sharp bamboo more effective. Making mats from Pandanus leaves (left) was a common skill among women.

16. Fiji Beekeeping Photographs and information describing my beekeeping experiences in the FijiIslands as a Peace Corps volunteer, with several pages on fiji culture. http://outdoorplace.org/beekeeping/peace.htm

Home Up Observation Hives Cell-plug Queen Rearing ... Links John's Beekeeping Notebook Experiences of a Peace Corps Beekeeper in Fiji In the mid-1980's, I had an opportunity to serve in the Peace Corps doing rural development work in Fiji. My employer granted me a leave-of-absence. I sold my house and car in Houston, Texas, said goodbye to friends and began my service as a Peace Corps volunteer. Here are a few photos from my experiences. Fijian beekeeping is described on this page, and Fijian culture on the following pages. I was in Fiji for two years, mainly to provide beekeeping technical assistance to a village cooperative and farmers who were interested in beekeeping. Beekeeping was viewed by the Fiji government as a potential source of rural income that did not require a big investment to get started. Fiji was a honey-importing country and the country's goal was to be self-sufficient in honey production. An agricultural worker from New Zealand established some bee hives in the early 1980's and proved the area's potential for honey production. The U.S. Peace Corps was then asked to provide technical assistance. The cooperative had two employees for me to work with on a honey project called "Saivou Honey." I also worked with several farmers and a shopkeeper who owned their own hives.

17. Fiji Culture And The People Fiji The culture and the people. Fiji, for a truly relaxing and rejuvenatingholiday. A LIVING CULTURE Fiji is a blend of fascinating ancient cultures. http://www.bulafiji.co.nz/culture.htm

Photo Gallery Home Fiji Map Info Request ... Calendar of events Fiji: The culture and the people Fiji, for a truly relaxing and rejuvenating holiday. A fascinating South Pacific island gem where you will be hosted by a caring friendly people in harmony with their islands. Enjoy a tropical getaway. We recommend you stay for at least a week giving you time to unwind, lay back and enjoy yourself. There is so much you can do in Fiji, or you can just relax and do nothing. The places to stay are many and varied, from tiny island escapes to boutique or family resort hotels that focus on action-packed activities or sedate pleasure. The Fiji Islands are full of unspoiled natural beauty, from safe tropical forests to clear waters offering unsurpassed snorkelling and scuba diving. Many of Fiji's natural attractions are based on the sea. Imagine basking under a canopy of palm fronds, floating through a playground of colourful coral, interacting with the Fijian people who treated you as an 'honoured guest'. A LIVING CULTURE Fiji is a blend of fascinating ancient cultures. Tranquil villages nestled in out of the way places. Rituals such as the yaqona (kava) ceremony are enacted as they have been for centuries ... visitors are welcomed as honoured guests. Historic sights and rituals such as the firewalking ceremony over red hot embers can be enjoyed.

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Home Our Trips About Rivers Fiji Guestbook ... Ecotourism Rivers Fiji Site Credits: Purcell Digital Fiji Ecotourism and Rivers Fiji By Dr. Kelly Bricker Ecotourism has been defined by The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) as " responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and sustains the well-being of local people ." Rivers Fiji supports the concept of ecotourism by adhering to principles that are believed to assist in promoting sustainable tourism and responsible travel around the globe. In addition to creating a vision for the company, we believe that protecting the very environment that some have referred to as the "natural capital" of Fiji in partnership with local communities, ensures that a range of choices will be available to future generations with regards to their economy, quality of life, and environment. We believe that the partnership we have established with landowners and families of the rural highlands is built on the following principles and is essential to the long-term viability of Rivers Fiji programs: 1. Minimize negative environmental impact

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