Savor the tastes and experience the rich cultural ceremonies that define the heart of Fijian life.
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Bula and the Gift of Welcome
This series, Island Flavors and Traditions, explores the food, customs, and cultural roots that make Fiji unlike anywhere else in the Pacific.
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Fiji's Underground Oven Feeds the Village
Buried beneath the soil, an entire feast is cooking right now somewhere in Fiji.
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Fiji's Ancient Root of Connection
Kava has been shaping social bonds across the Pacific for over three thousand years, and in Fiji, it remains the single most important ritual substance in daily life.
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Fiji's Living Library of Movement
Before written language took hold in Fiji, every battle fought, every love won and lost, every migration across the Pacific was preserved in the meke — a fusion of song,…
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Kokoda and the Flavors of Fiji
Kokoda might be Fiji's most iconic dish, and it's never cooked.
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Indian Spices Meet Island Ingredients
Nearly forty percent of Fiji's population traces its roots to indentured laborers brought from India by the British between 1879 and 1916.
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