Weather-high temperature and humidity/Fiji is influenced by trade wind
Food-In Fiji,you can enjoy a lot of sea foods.Traditional foods-kokonda(sasimi),magiti.cassava
Music-Fijian music styles and structures include and combine Polynessian and Melanessian music with the variation in style between one area and another.
Fijians play both indigenous instruments as well as the guitar,ukulele and mandolin.Several kinds of lali drums are the main indigenous instruments.
Traditional singing accompanies by lali and derua,clap sticks and the clapping of hollowed hands as well as occasional ukeleles.
The music represents a mix of war songs,spear dances and some of the very gentle female meke,depicting ancient stories and folk songs.
Unique cultural traditions-Fire walking,Ritual self-toture
Fiji's traditional clothes
Fiji's traditional clothes is called Sulu. Sulu is a big, squired cloth with patterns on it.
Men and women both wear Sulu. Specially, men's Sulu has pockets on it and they
wear Sulu on important days. You can see men wearing Sulu on the streets in Fiji.
Women use bigger cloth than men, they roll the Sulu on their body and tie them up. There are many ways to tie to look different.
Religion-The christian religion-52.9%/Hinduism-38.1%/Islam-7.8%
Holidays(lunar calendar)-Eid-Milad Nnabi(2009.3.9.Mon)-Muslim
/Independence day(2009.10.12.Fri)-Indepence granted by the UK in 1970
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