Thank you for this documentary! It makes my heart sad for my beloved country of birth. 🇫🇯 This was a balanced and well-researched presentation. The Fijian people are resilient and I am confident they will find a way to cope with this unfortunate situation. As was brought out, they are dealing with the consequences of others’ actions. It just shows how we are much more connected than we realize or want to acknowledge. 😢

What a beautiful but sad story. And the reporter has captured it really well. He’s captured the emotions of the people, their essence and their struggle. And I love that he embraced the journey fully and respectfully. ❤

What beautiful people and beautiful place unfortunately mother nature is warn out not just Fiji many parts around the world Blessings to the people From Australia

@Darkxsoul0513

Жыл бұрын

Bruh I'm Aussie

@wandarask8444

Жыл бұрын

@@Darkxsoul0513 Gidday mate. 👍

@user-xy1ll5mq4s

14 күн бұрын

Thanks ❤from Fiji

I am from Fiji living in New York now with some of my Family still in Fiji, this is very sad to see! My Dads mother comes from the Yasawas and sea level is creeping up more and more there too and Hurricanes as much of the rest of Fiji being bad with Hurricanes Yasaws gets bad Hurricanes too! This is eeally sad to see God Bless Fiji!

@dimereseininrobbyravouvou2855

9 ай бұрын

You from Yasawa???????? That is from Vanua Levu side

@user-xy1ll5mq4s

14 күн бұрын

Bro similarly ❤

After watching this I looked up a Fiji resort I stayed at over 30 years ago in 1989. I found it on Google Earth. It’s now called The Warwick. I thought maybe it would be all washed away after watching this report about the seas rising fast. The good news is that nothing has changed since 1989. I also visited another resort on Google Earth- the Fijian. Again the beach was exactly the same as when I was there? Both resorts were right on the beach. Why is there no change at those resorts versus what you show here? It would be great to understand more about this topic. Sea level rises don’t seem to have happened at the two resorts that I visited. And there doesn’t seem to be any impact from increased storm surges on these resorts.

@monib3605

Жыл бұрын

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and that these island are facing the full force of it ,but on the other side of the island not so much.

@peterg791

Жыл бұрын

I do agree with your experience , back in the mid 1960s up to the early 1980s a British master mariner , extra master captain , who was a relation , was running the merchant marine vessels movements , was living there , him and his family were very involved with all aspects of life in the community , they subsequently fully retired there ,now both in their 90s , say that other than more people ,development ,and infrastructure becoming more modern day and tourism ,along with the natural consequence of this The place has not become the devastated islands portrayed by the climate scare mongering left wing zealots ( their words ) they explain that some areas and small low lying soft loose sandy coastal beaches are indeed suffering erosional loss ,due to weather / Ocean movements , But confirm no more or less than anywhere in the world , And are adamant that the Fijian government / politician's are happy to promote doom and disaster scenarios in order to get more Aid , disaster relief money from international organizations ,to fill their own bank accounts This video showing and portraying all this global rising sea levels is yet more nonsense by lunatic idiots that are immature no real life knowledge kids that still need mummy to clean them after going to the bathroom , total retards, if all the ice in the entire world melted the sea levels would not rise more than a millimeter or two , climate propaganda idiots

@monib3605

Жыл бұрын

@@peterg791 sadly this is true Peter and nations that are Aiding are getting fed up

@zetlandersoaghar7551

Жыл бұрын

used to live in Fiji, many smaller offshore coral islands are the same hardly any erosion. Most areas where this occurs as shown is normally down to stupid changes to land made by man in the first instance....without knowledge and understanding...yes storms do have an effect and have done for 200years in Fiji...but sea level always returns to the same level following them..

@jaishrihari108

Жыл бұрын

There are numerous other factors associated with sea level rise to consider. The main factor is actually coastal erosion. Sandy soil substrate where mangroves have been destroyed is lost to the sea easily whereas bedrock areas are fine. The orientation of the coast also matters. The side that first contacts the typical cyclone path is eroded first. Furthermore, the larger islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are less prone to such massive land losses as opposed to the smaller islands. Also remember that the owners of the resort you went to probably have deep pockets. They are able to pay for sea walls, land reclamation, and new sand whereas the poor Fijians are not and can do little to prevent their islands from falling into the ocean.

A very beautiful yet accurate story of what has been happening in Fiji and around the world..especially coastal areas and the hardship and sacrifice of leaving your roots and land to relocate..💙

Fiji, what a beautiful place. A magical country, heaven on earth. I hope in the future I will have the opportunity to visit this magical place. 🌴🌴🌴🏖️🏖️☀️☀️

@rup552

Жыл бұрын

100% HEAVEN ON EARTH 🌎

@user-xy1ll5mq4s

14 күн бұрын

Welcome bro ❤

thank you for this upload. I am a 1st generation Australian, my parents are from Fiji, Ba town. "GOD BLESS FIJI" "toso viti toso"

@tatianayobouet512

Жыл бұрын

30 If you think that the purpose of a Bible is to confirm Messages or to support the preachings of the churches then you have not understood anything of Christianity! You see? 31 Give each book back to its generation and you will see that: "bible institute", "pastoral school" and all that do not mean anything and the world does not need them! [Ed: The congregation says, "Amen!"]. Give each book back to its generation and you will see that you are naked! This is madness! 32 When you see in the Bible: "book of Isaiah", understand through that: " The book of the generation of Prophet Isaiah "or "book of Prophet Isaiah for his generation".

@user-xy1ll5mq4s

14 күн бұрын

God bless you too bro❤

Sea levels are not rising, islands are simply being reclaimed and sinking back into the sea. Sea level cannot rise sporadically in certain areas, if there is a rise, all oceans everywhere rise together.

@44Magnumproductions1

Жыл бұрын

Well said it's simple science. There are measuring stations all over the world.

@Hochspitz

Жыл бұрын

@@44Magnumproductions1 And they all show sea levels rising -;))

@kadmow

Жыл бұрын

@@Hochspitz (very slightly - mm per decade is easy to account for - if the measurements can be trusted in the face of local subsidence from groundwater extraction and millions of tonnes of infrastructure on river estuaries, ... , not to mention glacial rebound and subsidence coupled with subterranean resource extraction ) - we can say it is complicated, and satellite data is all too recent to pick long term trends.

@VK4VO

Жыл бұрын

@@kadmow Satelite data does not show sea level rise or fall, it merely shows landmass either shrinking or expanding. Tide guages are the only true way to measure SLR.

@VK4VO

Жыл бұрын

@@Hochspitz of insignificant amounts, oceanfront development is still in full effect with billions being spent. Either these developers are really dumb or do they know the truth of the matter. Remember, the Maldives were supposed to be gone by now and the statue of liberty was suppose to have water up to here elbow by now.

I visted the same village 4 years apart at the same time of year. The bleaching of the reef, and loss of marine life was striking. No one wanted to talk about it. Too sad for them to acknowledge publicly.

Beautifully made. My heart is with these gentle people.

Fiji just a beautiful island and the people and just the best. I have visited only as a tourist- thank you for uploading this video to give an insight of how the locals live etc😊

Fiji is beautiful country..

beautiful island and friendly people

Wow that was really interesting thank you for sharing :) my heart goes out to them. Love to them all from Tasmania Australia

Aweee they sang the farewell song to him at the end. I always get teary when I hear such songs from the homeland

We've been hearing this for 50 years

@ledpup

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Climate change has been well understood for 50 years, at least.

@James-kd7dc

Жыл бұрын

@@ledpup Manmade climate change is a hoax.

@moregoldmoregold

Жыл бұрын

Wut? Climate change? The climate has always changed yeah?

@ledpup

Жыл бұрын

@@moregoldmoregold Anthropogenic

@teamtoken

Жыл бұрын

Yep, and now it’s happening. Should have taken that advice 50 years ago

This made me cry

@moregoldmoregold

Жыл бұрын

What’s coming for your home land is a lot worse then this.

Beautiful place and people ❤

Villages that should never have been built so close to the shoreline...The tragedy in this article is the article itself......

Call to action for the Dutch! Let’s pay the golden age financed flood abatement skills and tools forward @Boskalis and Netherlands Centre for Coastal Research

Beautifully shot

Exceptionally beautiful And so sad that these tragedies are happening

What if the people just build houses a bit further in land and and plant mangrove trees along the coastline, that would be better to do than having your first house taken over by the sea, then relocate to another location right next to the sea shore, its obvious of what will happen again.

Loved fiji island.. Malolo island. Honeymooned there 20 years ago this November😊😢

Options: 1) use the sea as source of income, catch good fishes for export, 2) grow forest of mangrove to beat erosion, 3) import earth and garbage to landfill and raise the elevation of land. 4) train people (nurses, doctors, engineer, etc) and send them overseas. And Tourism, sea wall, etc. My two cents.

Good documentary...am living in Fiji myself and most things we are not aware ourselves....

Thank you very much from Italy

I visited the original Vunidogoloa village in 1918. Its sad to see the rundown original village. And this is the impact of climate change and rising sea level.

I would love one of those mats!

*Poor people. they didn't cause this but have to deal with the brunt of it.*

@James-kd7dc

Жыл бұрын

Nobody caused it.

Just watched a documentary on Narcotics shipped through Fuji on their way to Australia and New Zealand. Heart breaking to see that man and nature are fighting to destroy a way of life for this life that honors it's cultural ancestral history.😮😮😢

@user-ze7kj2ux6j

23 күн бұрын

Fuji and fiji Deference Fuji is from China

'Water levels will continue to rise and many places will continue to sink and the future doesn't look good' 😢. But there will be more efforts to protect the impacted population, too. Australia will help Fiji prepare for future cyclones.

Vinaka Great video🇫🇯🏝🙏🏼

Similar things happen in Australia. Deforestation causing huge amounts of erosion and destruction of mangrove and native coastal vegetation has caused a great deal of coastline retreat.

Heartbreaking 😢💔

They are Beautiful People. Could Go some Kava & Guitar right Now. I miss it❤...

It's always intriguing to understand how different cultures believe there spirits or religious following will save them from certain death or catastrophic loses of homes. I think the discussions on how much sea level has risen within the last 5-10 years in the regions shown is a mock-up. Not saying levels aren't rising but if sea levels are to rise at the rate explained by Fijian locals then Ive got dooms day news for our entire planet. It's over.

I love Fiji forever❤❤❤

Traveled there 2 extended week trips several years apart. Such genuine friendly and good hearted people. They do have a say each village chief represents their village in parliament. To what extent the political climate since our trips has changed I’m not certain. It’s a long trip from west coast of US. 🌸

Magical people

nice

There smearts of Fiji that are sinkin, some are being eroded. Where I live in Fiji the tide has not moved in Years! Erosian in some of the smaller islands gives the impression of rising tides. There are side by side photos of the prison island in sidney Harbour 100 years apart. you can see the same rocks with sea level a tthe exact same place. There is so much drible out there!

I think there’s two states NSW and Queensland are the only states you are allowed a referral from the doctor for you to use the hemp oil but it’s still illegal

God bless Fiji

hells yeah craig.

My village is in the yasawa islands while i live in the city of lautoka. After 3 years that i went back to my village the beaches which we use to play on when i was a kid is now under water. Sea water is flooding low lying areas, farms. However our island has big mountain which we can retreat too but for how far. Once the sea water will flood all the flat lands,how safe are we on the mountains, where there can be landslide.

It's natural

Fijians seem like they're better people than Maori, by a Landslide. Would love to meet them one day.

@teamtoken

Жыл бұрын

Super friendly people and incredibly honest. You should visit one day

Vunitogoloa village translated Blackmangrovetree village

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mmmmmm.....thankfully my village hasn't been flooded with sea levels rising. Would like to know exactly how many villages are affected by rising sea levels because the narrator said, possibly up to 100 villages are at RISK. There are 1193 villages in Fiji. So those 100 villages are at RISK, is that 99 or 78, or 51. I read somewhere that the destruction of mangroves has caused some rising sea levels but I have to confirm that. Just trying to get to the truth because initially, I was shocked but I started to reflect on all the beaches and villages I've been to lately and whether sea level rising has caused the villages to relocate. But I can't think of one village that has been affected by sea level rising. Perhaps I'm blind to whats really happening. Must do more investigation because the editing on this film is narrow. My family and I are about to spend over $100K to build our house in the village and it's very close to the sea. Perhaps we need to build on higher ground or abandon the project altogether.

People have been living in mangroves from the beginning of development this is bs…, I lived in Fiji and people squatted around as free land, erosion has happened because of mangrove harvesting and coral reef harvesting, if you takeout your natural defences what do you expect. Preservation awareness is important

The world climate is going to change no matter what huamns do. Climate will like it always has and forever more will be changing. We can not stop it from doing what it has always done.

Way too much emphasis is being put on sea level rise at this point in time. It is the extreme weather events that are increasing in severity and frequency that are the biggest problem. It's basic thermodynamics - there is more energy in the system and beacause energy can't be destroyed, it does work. Cyclones are stronger from warming seas, evaporation is accelerated causing increased rainfall and chaging rain patterns, more dissolved CO2 is acidifying oceans affecting molluscs and ecosystems. Please stick to the science or you're no better than the deniers.

@malawidick

Жыл бұрын

There isn't an increased frequency of extreme weather events

@discord2000

Жыл бұрын

@@malawidick According to the Australian academy of science there is.

@malawidick

Жыл бұрын

Is that government funded ?

Terrible. Lovely people the Fijians.

So sad 😞

The structure of a Fijian village being lost due to relocation. The Govt of the day could have moved them further on higher ground so that the villagers will still be connected to their roots and ancestors. The relocated village is about 2 to 4 km away from their original village and the sea. Climate change is indeed a threat to us.

Like ♥️♥️🙏

How come sea level is rising there but its not rising near Nadi where I live??

@emosijougavule2561

Жыл бұрын

Well its more like erosion instead, same here in Navua. Its just the land sediments being washed down hence huge boulders from the upper Navua river being placed to scorelines to break waves.

Planting mangroves might help

When will you realise the Island is sinking and erosion takes place, this is what happens to Islands. No seas or oceans have risen that dramatically. There is plenty of evidence out the on IOC websites and Ocean websites. Researcher's really need to be more transparent in there documentations. Fiji is a beautiful paradise with beautiful people.

SEAWALL WILL BE THE BEST OPTION FOR THE TIME BEING.

@dimereseininrobbyravouvou2855

9 ай бұрын

Hello they no longer living there Vunidogoloa that is so seawalls useless Some still doing seawalls others have moved inland In order to still exist in their provincial land in Vanua Levu to go to other provincial lands they BUY SARALA NOT FREE

@korro5870

9 ай бұрын

@@dimereseininrobbyravouvou2855 Sa qai maumau dina .

Big countries only think to fight each other ignoring the effect of wars to the smaller ones.

Isa dou sa yadra mai Namuwaimada. Sa loloma yani mai Ositerelia. Makai mai Navolau.

This is normal as mother nature

you see how minimalists they are and they are happy but the rest of us humanity we are filled with greed materialistic gains but only our bones will be left and finally nothing but our spirits

👍🌺

Why any island community expects their homeland to always be above sea leve shows how badly we are educating those people. Modern archeology has been discovering ruins under the seas for many years. We know that in the end of the last ice age the sea level increased at least 400 feet inundating thousands of living sites. Now sea level is rising slowley but we can't stop it. All life forms have been forced to move to higher ground in the past to survive. World governments should offer any help possible to facilitate this relocation but to mislead these people into thinking they can remain there by some miracle by mankind is creating false hope .

😂The chief is a big wallabies Fan.

"We're from the government and we're here to help" 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

Desal plants??

Perhaps it might be a good idea for the Fiji Government to set up a global charity so that all concerned citizens around the world could contribute to capital works programs to mitigate the effects of sea level rise, storm surge and housing damage, including the building of community storm refuges. Perhaps too the citizens of Fiji could develop their own initiatives and work towards achieving these objectives for their own community outside of government efforts. I'm sure that there's both a will and a way. Bula.

the common person does not have to fight climate change alone

How do they know the islands are not either sinking or rising?

@dimereseininrobbyravouvou2855

9 ай бұрын

Very easy go-to the Ministry of Lands and get the Topographical maps decadel like say 50 60 70 80 90 2000 2010 2020 and 2023 use the mapping equipments like the microscope 🔬 the thing will show well Use the contour maps draw your cross sections maps for the coastlines decadel wise and see if it is rising or sinking

That’s what mankind do to our world,and still not seeing 😢😢😢 our planet 🌏 is already done,and we haven’t another 😢😢😢

@punns643

Жыл бұрын

It's natural

@kerstin.jitschin5861

Жыл бұрын

@@punns643 kidding ❓❓❓

@punns643

Жыл бұрын

@@kerstin.jitschin5861 Natural processes, such as changes in the sun's energy and volcanic eruptions, also affect the earth's climate.

@kerstin.jitschin5861

Жыл бұрын

@@punns643 agree,but you can’t forget Self-made reasons which Make it worse ,and fasten it up lots 😢

@kerstin.jitschin5861

Жыл бұрын

@@punns643 you’re right,and we can see it at the moment,so many volcano 🌋 eruption s happening Lots of trouble and movement between the different earth shields/ plates 🖤🤍❤️‍🔥 sorry don’t know the correct words Wish you a happy and beautiful Easter holidays 🐥🐣🐥🐞🐝🐞🍀🍀🍀eggs missing,can’t find the emoji s 🌸🌺🌼💐🌾🪺🌷🌸🌻

Yeah, OK.... this was supposed to happen in 2013..... still waiting......

Totoka vakaoti Tusi!

What we need now is another Younger Dryas, and for people to pay sufficient taxes so that the government can prevent any further climate change!

@dimereseininrobbyravouvou2855

9 ай бұрын

They don't even pay taxes there at all they in town city JURISDICTION AT ALL as they did not buy the place their forefathers you know Yeah you sain taxes they not tax payers at all The only thing they do is that subsistence and semi mixed economy They do not pay anything at all not even the land they on for centuries decades

@dimereseininrobbyravouvou2855

9 ай бұрын

Only people who pay taxes are those who living in towns cities jurisdiction some in semi rural because the place where they work is IN TOWNS OR CITIES Whereas those guys most of them not working in places in towns and cities so they don't pay any taxes at all even no superannuation they pay like FNPF They just work and get money to survive Hardlife one good thing is that they have the land still free for them descendants of forefathers who came from other countries before Colonialism Eras 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

while i appreciate this. This is entirely focused on the indigenous people. Yet there are indian, asian and other influences. The fijian people are just one, albeit the original ancestors to the land. There are contributions that seak to keep them there - at the bottom - and they arent just climate change. Rise up!

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It's not sea level rise, it's erosion of the shoreline. Why aren't the whole of the Fiji Islands affected? It's the same sea and ocean. Some shorelines are more prone to erosion. Stop the climate alarmism.

19 In the Beginning was the Word! It was not a church but the Word! And if it is the Word that has actually created you, you will never say, "I am looking for a good church!"but you will say, "Where is the living prophet of my time, where is the Gospel of my time?"[Ed: The congregation says, "Amen!"].

The problem here is that the effects of global warming have already taken their toll on the lives of Polynesians all over the Pacific. While the biggest economies in the world have stumped up and done something about it, it is too little too late. However, it isn't just the fault of developed countries that global warming exists. We have to take the onus to the fact that we all contribute or have contributed to the situation the way it is now and it is going to take the effort of all of us, globally, to make a dent in this. We did it before with the ozone layer, and we can do it again if we only want it that badly.

Maybe lands and continents shift over time, not rising sea levels? 🤔 Why is not one of the hundreds of large cities situated on the coast around the world not flooding at all?

@Cricrithezar

Жыл бұрын

Do I need to list examples? Miami is a prime example but there's plenty more, from Jakarta, to Lagos, to New York, flooding in coastal regions is becoming a major issue.

@samaeltheundying

Жыл бұрын

New York had to build levees to keep water out ofntheir subways as the tides rise. The Netherlands as a country will face catastrophic failure of their sea walls in this century, with their capital being several meters underwater. Sri Lanka is experiencing historic loss of land that is affecting millions. On the other end of the spectrum, the Rocky Mountain Glaciers are shrinking. Venice is experiencing a net loss of water year over year. Clean water is becoming harder and harder to access within Africa as less drinkable rain falls. This continents garbage is garbage, and I'm saying this as a student of Geology in the US. Stop feeding yourself and other people that line of crap. These stooges screwed all of us. The least they could do is have the balls to admit it.

@amatvkhmer

Жыл бұрын

I wonder just like you

@amatvkhmer

Жыл бұрын

@@samaeltheundying I wonder just like you

@Squashed8Ball

Жыл бұрын

Short term memory loss Oscar or just ignorance? Indonesia is relocating its largest city and capital due to flooding. New Orleans disaster; New York has suffered flooding.

Fiji invites Italy Justin treasure of Canada

plant mangroves instead of stone walls

"Papal are having to leave their himes"

0-45 face the wrath of indra the God of thunder and lightening

My Holy God Yeshuah on holy mountain of Israel bless and preserve your Island Fiji and all natives in Jesus Christ name, Amen

Fiji invites doris matsui of congress of USA

Big fail ABC. Clearly didn’t study geography. Heard of subduction? It’s the boundary of two tectonic plates and one is riding up over the other. Fiji is going down but nothing to do with rising sea level, rather a sinking tectonic plate.

@chessbrothersnewy

Жыл бұрын

100%. ( see comment made above) A google search turns that up pretty quickly. We live in a age of ever increasing denial of logical reasoning.

... like it or not, these poor people's "sedentary"/permanent lifestyle isn't very many generations old, despite appearances of permanency and "significant investment" - they are an Island people, dealing with coastal changes over the millennia. Permanent infrastructure and siting problems are as significant as any other effect in an ever changing ecosystem. Victims of something if not exactly climate change (more so the people capitalism is leaving behind) .

🕊️🌱⛰️🙏🙌🤗🌿

14 Well. The serpent had therefore its descendants according to Genesis 3: 15, John 8:44 and 1 John 3: 11-12. Cain is the son of the serpent. There were already snakes crawling in bush, but that serpent which slept with Eve also became a reptile after the curse. You see? It is Abel and Seth who are Adam’s children. If not, Cain, although he was twin with Abel is not Adam's son. If he were Adam’s son, and on top of that, being the first one out, by birthright, his name would be cited in Genesis 5:1-3, his name would be cited in 1 Chronicles 1: 1, his name would be cited in Luke 3:38 ... You see? [Ed: The congregation says, “Amen!”]. And a child of Adam will not speak to God like Cain in Genesis 4:9: "Am I my brother's keeper?". God had taken a human form to talk to Cain and Cain answered Him according to his seed. Cain did not know that it was God who was talking to him just as today also the children of the serpent in those churches do not know that it is the voice of God that is talking to them through Prophet Kacou Philippe. You see? Notice that it was after all this that Adam called his wife Eve according to Genesis 3:20. And why that? "... because she is the mother of all living". Adam is not the father of all living but Eve is the mother of all living, that is to say the mother of the children of God and the mother of the children of the devil. You see? 15 And today, in almost all the countries, a woman conceived from an animal, and the God who sent AIDS to judge the inhabitants of the earth is righteous. [Ed: The congregation says, “Amen!”].

4 The second question is, "Any African logically bears an African name, how does it come then that your name is just Kacou Philippe?" From my birth to this day, I have been called by only one name: Philippe! All my life, my father and my mother and all my parents have been calling me by only one name: Philippe! A nickname was on my birth certificate but my father removed it! I have no right to change my name but God and he have the right to do so! All the children of my father are called by African names except me alone! My father, my mother, my brothers and my sisters have never called me by another name than Philippe! From my birth to this day, my name is: Philippe! 5 Well, you were expecting a radio show on last Sunday. But that meeting did not take place! We could not accept a confrontation in which we can be filmed without allowing us to film as well.

We've got 300 billion for submarines apparently. Can we not help with this?

@wiv2631

Жыл бұрын

Excellent idea! Why don't we give them a submarine so that they can continue to live on the sand close to the water?.

@maximumzest245

Жыл бұрын

@@wiv2631 you're an ideas man

Sega dua na TAXES SUPERANNUATION ERA SAUMA TU ERA TU WALE TU GA GONEI YA NA BULA DINA NA VEIKOROKORO E VUQA I VITI. SA RAUTA MADA NA LASULASU YARAYARA TU VAKA NA LIALIA

Watching this you would never know that half the population of Fiji is of East Indian descent.

@AhTu1306

Жыл бұрын

What do you mean?

@emosijougavule2561

Жыл бұрын

1/3 of current population are of Indian descents, bought by British tthrough Indentured system. 2/3 are Indigenous Fijians.

@chrisredi6383

Жыл бұрын

Thousands of Indians in Fiji lost their land due to non renewal of leases. Far worse than climate change from their perspective. The mataqali head kept demanding payments and gifts in exchange of promises of lease renewal. My dad met all conditions because our culture teaches us honor, respect, integrity and being true to our words. In the end, they came as a group of thugs and forcefully removed us from our house. We left with bare essentials. This was a few years ago. The house shell still remains in Tagitagi, Tavua. The land is overgrown with invasive weeds that does nothing for the soil profile. We ended in a squatter settlement in Nadi. Dad died a year later. Mum did odd jobs as a house girl and put us through school. My sister is now a doctor and I work as an accountant. We met the head of the clan a few years ago in town. He was very apologetic about his actions and very sorry to hear about my dad’s demise. Mum said that she has forgiven him, but she will not forget the day we were forcefully evicted by thugs from the house she and dad build through their sweat,blood and tears. There are tens of thousands of other such cases in Fiji. We were lucky. Others, unfortunately are not as lucky. Shame on greedy landowners. Shame on thugs.

@wy206

6 ай бұрын

ABC, Australian media and western media is general only care about showing the slums and villages of Fiji.

The empress , Barbados, fihi,Bagamas, indiaindonesia,