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With the eyes of the Pacific firmly on Hawaii and the 13th FestPac as it is colloquially known, students from the Davuilevu Methodist Lay Training put our traditional culture front and centre as they performed for an appreciative crowd
Violet Langan is a Brisbane pastor who also moved to Australia from Fiji and helps households struggling to afford bills and food explained that groceries have become quite expensive even for this the employed. “It’s just too expensive for things that have risen in costs, the basics. You don’t get much out of $100,” she […]
Pastors Meli and Evelyn Tamanisau lead PAL workers in to in cooking and giving out food. They said that the number of people coming for meals has grown. The pastors started cooking meals before the COVID pandemic, when Mr Tamanisau was working at Sun Pork, and the […]
“Eda sa qaqa”, the harmonies of five Fijian PALM workers filled the air of a warm and spice-scented kitchen. A tune well known to those back home and means “We have overcome”. While others spent Saturdays making the most of […]
From performing at family weddings and get togethers to gracing the world stage. This is a story of a young girl whose passion for performing arts made all her dreams come true. Bernadette Kaulotu Suiqa hails from Nadakuni, Naitasiri with maternal links to Nukubalavu, Savusavu. The 28-year-old is currently a dance teacher in El Paso, […]
Betty Chapau is a writer and poet from Manus Island province in Papua New Guinea, who was featured in the magazine Pasefika Presence, for her poem called A Love Letter. This incredible piece was actual love letter to the women in her life and celebrates women at different stages of their lives. When she was in school, […]
Pita, from the photos and videos released online about what he does, seems to be your average, everyday, young iTaukei boy who is just trying to get through his teenage years the same way we all did once. For Pita though, his traditional method of healing speech impediments in young children has seen people travel […]
From Ruve Ni Yawini Pictures comes this short Fijian language horror film that is genuinely scary. Kaciva tells the story of two students who call on Dakuwaqa, an ancestral Fijian deity to help them in their exams.
With everyone once again talking about Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car after she performed the song with an obviously awestruck Luke Combs who has done a cover at the recently held Grammy Awards and the song now at number 1 on charts all over the world. But what many may not know is that the […]
Mister Sevudredre recently took to Facebook with a wonderfully articulated reason for some of our New Years traditions. FIJIAN NEW YEAR TRADITIONS – NA VAKATAWASE Fijian New Year is known as Na Vakatawase. Many are not aware of its ancient roots in high Fijian culture. Allow me to share a few insights. Long before Christianity, […]
