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history of Fiji, a survey of notable events and people in the history of Fiji, a country and archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean. It surrounds the Koro Sea and is about 1,300 miles (2,100 km) north of Auckland, New Zealand.
4 Ιαν 2018 · 1643 - Dutch explorer Abel Tasman is the first European to visit the islands. 1830s - Western Christian missionaries begin to arrive. 1840s-50s - Christian convert chief Cakobau gains control of...
the fact that there were many Tongans in Fiji at the time, especially on Vanua Levu and throughout the Eastern islands. Because missionary efforts had been relatively successful in parts of Tonga prior to arrival in Fiji, Tongans living in Fiji had a longer exposure to Christianity.
This article takes recent Fijian Christian interpretations of Tropical Cyclone Winston as a key site in which contested ideologies of Paradise are being reworked.
1854. Cakobau converts to Christianity, influenced by the unifying features of Christianity, its obvious connections with the Western world and the presence in Fiji of a Tongan army led by Taufa'ahau and Ma'afu. 1855. Cakobau crushes Rewa revolt. The leader of the revolt, Mara, is executed four years later.
Fiji's history was one of settlement but also of mobility and over the centuries, a unique Fijian culture developed. Large elegant watercraft with rigged sails called drua were constructed in Fiji, some being exported to Tonga.
1 Δεκ 2003 · By means of an ethnographic and developmental analysis, this article shows how everyday ritual practice is fundamental to people's constitution over time of ideas that, in this case, inform a...
