Indo-Fijians
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Indo-Fijians are Fijians of South Asian descent whose ancestors were indentured labourers. Indo-Fijians trace their ancestry to various regions of the Indian subcontinent.
Gurdwara Guru Ravidass, Nasinu, Fiji Established by Chamar Caste in 1939
The Sri Siva Subramaniya temple, a South-Indian type temple in the Indo-Fijian town of Nadi.
Saris on sale in Lautoka, Viti Levu
Fiji
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Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an archipelagic country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1,100 nautical miles north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji cons
Indo-Fijians
…discovery by Abel Tasman, British plantation owners began migrating to Fiji to become plantation owners. In 1869 the population of European settlers in Fiji was 1,250. By 1872, that number rose to 2,670 due to the low competition and high profitability in the Fijian Islands. Due to the major financial issues…
A Fijian mountain warrior. Photograph by Francis Herbert Dufty, 1870s
Bure-kalou or temple
Levuka, 1842
Ratu Tanoa Visawaqa