Fijian people

1970. Fiji was a dual system of governance, one for the whole country, and the other for the ethnic Fijian population. British officials tended to avoid interfering in the issue of the autonomous Fijian administration. The colony then had an executive council conquered by the governor and British administrators and a legislative council that eventually included resident European as well as Fijians legislators. Fiji then became an independent nation on October 10th 1970. Fiji achieved independence

The Fijians main resource that was used to hold their economy was producing sugar cane. The Fijians have now turned from relying on sugar and textiles to focus on tourism. A good majority of their income now comes from the tourism industry; since turning to tourism their economy has stayed somewhat steady. The industry of tourism was roughly between 400,000 to 500,000 people every year bringing in a good amount of income to Fiji. In December

ethnic communities, such as Hindu, Muslim, and Fijian, resided together. The essay discusses the religious syncretism in Fiji, mentioning how groups outside of Fijian religion still believe in Fijian spirits, as shown with the 1968 incident. Parke goes into detail on the incident, in which a pool sacred to the Fijians is bulldozed for a playground and students soon becoming ill, hyperventilating with twitching arms and legs. It is believed by the Fijians, and other religious communities in the area

2011 Introduction Relations between the Fijian government and FIJI Water have been tense since early 2008 when the new military government seemed to suddenly notice the huge exporter (accounting for 20% of Fiji’s total exports) (Dornan). Though there are a variety of disputes, I will focus on two in particular 1) The Fijian government’s belief that FIJI Water is engaging in transfer pricing. 2) The Fijian government’s repeated efforts to tax the company. At this

At first working with a group of four proved to be a bit difficult. It was tricky to find something that we all had in common we had four totally different people. Two of them coming from the other side of the globe. Devantchi had just arrived two weeks earlier when I met her. Tony left his home in China at the age of 15 to attended school. Ky has been the glue in our group. She has been at Greenriver now for almost two years. It was nice to have someone who knew what to do and expect. This

Levu (also known as the ‘cane belt area’), due to the fact that sugarcane needs dryer areas for better quality of sugar to be produced (Ward 1965; Mayer 1961). Whilst the majority of the growers are Fiji Indians, the land belongs to the indigenous Fijians

The Conflict of Indigenous-Fijians and Indo-Fijians: Ethnic Conflict With Political Consequences Belva Barringer October 6, 2016 World Empires-104 Professor Browning Fiji is composed of 332 islands in which approximately a third are inhabited. The two main and largest islands are Vanua Levu and Viti Levu. Fiji is very multicultural due to a variety of different settlers throughout the centuries as well as the indentured slave trade system introduced in the late 1900’s. European settlers

settlement may actually be even earlier, possible as early as 8000 BCE. It is typically thought that Austronesian peoples first migrated to Fiji followed about 1000 years later by Melanesians. The Tu'i Tonga Empire included Fiji from within in the 10th century until its fall in the 13th century. This Tongan empire brought Polynesian culture and language into Fiji, though most indigenous Fijians are Melanesians. The islands were first recorded by a western explorer in 1643 when Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon

Economy of Fiji From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Endowed with forest, mineral, and fish resources, Fiji is one of the most developed of the Pacific island economies, though it remains a developing country with a large subsistence agriculture sectorTemplate:Https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fj.html. Agriculture accounts for 18% of Gross Domestic Product, although it employs some 70% of the workforce as of 2001. Sugar exports and a growing

Nadi is home of the international airport. Viti Levu is home to most of the Fijian population. The second largest island is Vanua Levu and the third largest is Taveuni. Fiji has two seasons, the rainy and the dry season. The rainy season is from November to April. During those months it is also the tropical or hurricane season, but they are rarely affecting the island, the last one was in 1993. The dry