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While
the indigenous Fijian people are usually classified as Melanesian; their
social and political organization is closer to that of Polynesia. They
are larger in stature than Melanesians from Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, or
New Fiji is perhaps the most
cosmopolitan of all South Pacific nations. Its population, just under
780,000, is an amalgam of indigenous Fijians (50%), Indians (46%), and
with the remainder being part-Euro Many Indian
women continue to wear the sari together with traditional jewelry in
gold and silver. Cinemas showing imported Indian films
are popular. Diwali, the Hindu Festival of the Lig The Fiji Islands is a multi-religious state, made quickly obvious from Christian churches, Mosques, Sikh and Hindu temples in towns and the countryside. More than half the population are Christians (52.9%), the rest is made up of Hindus (38.1%), Muslims (7.8%), Sikhs (0.7%), Others (0.1%), and those with no religion (0.4%).
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Guinea and there has been a high level of intermarriage between
Fijians from the Lau Islands of the eastern Fiji Islands and the neighboring
Polynesian islands of Tonga. Almost all indigenous Fijians
are Christian, mostly Methodist and Roman Catholic.
peans
(half-castes), Rotumans, Chinese, and other Pacific Islanders. Many features of traditional
Fijian life survive. 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
yagona/yaqona (kava, made from the root of Piper Methysticum) is a part
not only of important ceremonies but also of everyday life.
hts, is
celebrated
every October and is a public holiday.
