Fijian culture Fijian culture The Cibi ( ) is a Fijian war dance, performed by the national rugby union team before each match. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cibi"
The largest social unit for Fijians is the Yavusa, defined by historian R.A. Derrick as the "direct agnate descendants of a single kalou-vu" (deified ancestor), who is supposed to arrived with the legendary Lutunasobasoba migration. The Yavusa, therefore, are the descendants of a single original member of the migration. Chiefly succession was from older brother to younger brother, after the death of their father. When the youngest brother died, the eldest son of the eldest brother became chief. This tradition still influences Fijian society today, though less rigidly: there is more of a tendency nowadays towards primogeniture. ...more on Wikipedia about "Culture of Fiji"
The Daily Post is a newspaper owned by the Fijian government. ...more on Wikipedia about "Daily Post (Fiji)"
Fiji Live is an online newspaper and business and cultural directory in Fiji. Its newscoverage is generally considered to be sympathetic to the government. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fiji Live"
The Fiji Sun is a daily newspaper published in Fiji. An internet edition is also published. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fiji Sun"
The Fiji Times is a daily newspaper published in Fiji. Established in Levuka on 4 September 1869, it is Fiji's oldest newspaper still operating. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fiji Times"
The Fiji Village is an online news service in Fiji. Published daily, it covers political, business, sporting, cultural, and other news items, and also includes the Yellow Bucket commentary, an editorial which does not necessarily reflect the views of the Fiji Village owners or staff, according to the disclaimer on their webpage. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fiji Village"
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The majority of Fijians have two given names, a Christian name taken usually from the Bible, and a traditional name. A child may be baptized or registered with a surname, usually derived from the father's traditional given name. It is not unusual for persons baptized with surnames to discard them; some reclaim them later in life, and some who did not originally have one may later adopt their father's traditional name as a surname. It is not unheard of for Fijians to be known by different names at different stages of their lives. Former Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, for example, was known as Sitiveni Ligamamada in his earlier days as a rugby player. Another notable example is George Speight, the instigator of a coup d'état in 2000, who contested the subsequent election under the name of Ilikimi Naitini. He did not need to change his name by deed poll; he only had to register his candidacy with his surname and English given name omitted. Maciu Navakasuasua, a convicted accomplice of Speight's, revealed on 28 October 2005 that he had emigrated to Australia and avoided a blacklist against his name by using his grandfather's surname, which was registered on both his birth certificate and his passport. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fijian name"
Kava (Piper methysticum) is an ancient crop of the western Pacific. Other names for kava include `awa ( Hawaii), 'ava ( Samoa), yaqona ( Fiji), and sakau (Pohnpei). Kava is related to the black pepper; both have heart-shaped leaves and flowers similar to the flower spike of the anthurium. Kava also has a peppery taste. Kava has long been a part of religious, political, and cultural life throughout the Pacific. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kava"
In Hawaii, at least 30 varieties of kava were used for medicinal, religious, political, cultural and social purposes by all social classes, men and women. Kava is the original pau hana drink of working people to relax and ease achy muscles. Kava was also given to fussy babies and children to calm them and help them sleep. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kava culture"
The National language debate in Fiji concerns the status of the country's three official languages - English, Fijian, and Hindustani (the name used in the constitution for Hindi). From colonial times, the sole official language was English, but the 1997 Constitution gave equal status, for the first time, to Fijian and Hindustani, along with English. ...more on Wikipedia about "National language debate in Fiji"
The Vola ni Kawa Bula, commonly known as the VKB, is the official Fijian register of native landowners. It is known in English as the Native Land Register. By law, all indigenous Fijians are entitled to be enrolled as members of the VKB, which is in the charge of the Native Lands Commission. Some 83 percent of Fiji's land is owned communally by the members of the VKB. ...more on Wikipedia about "Native Land Register (Fiji)"
A tabua is a polished tooth of a sperm whale that is an important cultural item in Fijian society. They were traditionally given as gifts for atonement or esteem (called sevusevu), and were important in negotiations between rival chiefs. The dead men would be buried with their tabua, along with war clubs and even their strangled wives, to help them in the afterlife. Originally they were very rare items, available only from beached whales and from trade from neighbouring Tonga (where the practice may have origniated from), but when the market became known in the early 1800s thousands of teeth, and fake teeth made from ivory and walrus tusks entered the market. This trade led to the development of the European art of scrimshaw. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tabua"
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