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Oct 26, 2023Fiji’s Friendly Paradise
April 2020
Apr 22, 2020Friendly Fiji
May 2018
May 1, 2018Fiji Delights Travelers
Fiji may be a tropical South Seas paradise where traditional customs like fire-walking and kava ceremonies survive, but this archipelago of 333 islands speaks with a strong Indian accent: You’ll find the biggest Hindu temple in the South Pacific, chicken tikka masala everywhere from airports to restaurants, and Hindi as the third major language after English and Fijian. About half of all Fijians are Melanesians intermingled with Polynesians, but more than 40 percent are of Indian descent, whose ancestors were mostly indentured laborers brought from India to work sugarcane plantations from 1879 to 1916, when Fiji was a British colony.
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2015 / March 2015
Apr 1, 2015Fiji’s Friendly Communities
By my third kava ceremony, I finally mastered the technique. Clap once, accept the bilo (half a coconut shell), say “Bula!” and drink its contents in a single gulp. Clap again and say “Maca,” meaning “empty.” Hand back the bilo and clap three times as everyone joins in.