Fiji Islands, also known as Fiji Islands. Located in the heart of the South Pacific, between the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn, it is a must for New Zealand and Australia to travel to North America. World-famous resort, tourist paradise. It is known as "one of the top ten honeymoon destinations in the world" and "one of the top ten beautiful beaches in the world".
Fiji Island is a pearl-like island in the South Pacific, straddling the eastern and western hemispheres, consisting of 333 islands, 106 of which are inhabited, mostly volcanic islands surrounded by coral reefs. It has an area of 18,272 square kilometers.
It has a population of 809,000. Mainly Fijian and Indian. The official languages are English, Fijian and Hindi. Most of the inhabitants are Christians and Hinduism.
Known as the "Crossroads of the South Pacific", Fijians pride themselves on their important location. It is strange that between 15°-22°S and 177°-175°W, the International Date Line runs through it but still has a unified time. It turned out that this international date line happened to "bend" nearby, and lucky Fijians saved themselves the trouble of changing time. The Fiji archipelago consists of 332 islands with an area of 18,333 square kilometers and is distributed in the shape of a horseshoe, and Fiji is mostly volcanic islands surrounded by coral reefs; Volcanic activity has now almost completely ceased, and traces of it cannot be traced due to prolonged erosion. Navigating offshore is dangerous due to the many coral reefs surrounding the islands, and the larger islands in the archipelago are steeped in mountains and reach heights of more than 1,000 meters.
Fiji has a tropical maritime climate that is often hit by hurricanes because it sits right between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer and floats over a wide expanse of ocean. Fiji has high temperatures throughout the year, with an average annual temperature of 24°C-30°C. But because there is a cool sea breeze, it is not very hot. Fiji is rich in forest resources, with tropical rainforests covering an area of 850,000 hectares. Rich in sugar and bananas, Fiji is sometimes referred to as the "sweet island of the Pacific" and "banana island".
Fiji is a multi-ethnic country, with Fijians and Indians being the two main ethnic groups, the others being Rotumas, Europeans and Chinese. There are many Chinese who have settled in Fiji and run shops, restaurants and banana and coconut plantations. Fijians admire the Chinese nation's diligence and intelligence, and get along well with Chinese. Like Chinese, Fijians have a high life expectancy, but one thing that we admire and delay is that no cancer patients have been found in Fiji's case reports, and it was later said that because Fijians are extremely fond of eating dried apricots, which are rich in vitamin B17, which has a strong anti-cancer effect. There may be some truth to this, but the main reason comes down to Fijians' focus on health.
Tattoos are another major custom of Fijians. Full tattoos, semi-tattoos, and no tattoo symbolize different powers. For example, when going down the river to touch pearls, only the fully tattooed person can go down the river to touch it with his own hands, while the semi-tattooed person can only stand by the river and watch, and the person without the tattoo does not even have the right to stand by and watch, and must hide far away.
No one would have imagined that the Fijian nation of today's civilization was previously a cannibal tribe. In the past, rival tribes of Fijians often killed each other, and the dead became preyed food, known as "long pigs". After the victor dragged the "long pig" back to his tribe, he dug a pit in the ground, put up a cauldron, cooked the corpse or divided it into several parts, roasted it over a fire, and ate it.
To make the taste delicious, first coat the "long pig" with coconut oil, add a spice and a small pepper, and start cooking. After cooking, the human flesh is forked out with a special wooden fork, divided into small pieces, and given to each family in the village. In the cannibal years, Fijians had only two options when they encountered rival tribes; One is to rush up, bravely subdue the other party, and finally eat him; One is to become a "long pig" and be eaten by the other party, so in order to hunt the "long pig", the rival tribes often carry out cyclic vendettas. If today, you call a Fijian "Kathy Mubukora" (a lowly long pig) the greatest insult to him. "Ben is the same root, why fry each other?" The retrospective of the cannibal era cannibalism can't help but be creepy.
However, Fiji has long since abandoned that primitive custom and kept up with the pace of civilization. If Fijians are asked about their ancestral cannibal tribes, they are not taboo: "It was obscurantism, and we now not only do not eat people, but also have great respect for our fellow citizens!" ”
Fijians are so fond of a flower called "safflower" that it is designated as the national flower. Every year in August, the capital city of Suva is held for a seven-day celebration of the Red Flower Festival, during which the city of Suva is exceptionally beautiful, with archways in the streets, colorful flags, decorated with various flowers and colorful light bulbs, and the celebration begins with a make-up parade. Spectators dressed in various costumes and strange masks gathered from all over the world marched through the streets led by the Guard Band. On the floats of the parade sat young ladies selected from all over the world to run for the "Queen of the Red Flower", they continued to smile and greet the audience, accompanied by teams of neatly dressed boy and girl scouts and children's bands, and the huge procession poured towards Albert Square, the center of the event, turning the square into a boiling ocean.
Colorful folk songs and dances were performed on the stage, and thousands of spectators danced in the square. When the results of the "Red Flower Queen" selection came out, people cheered in groups, and the top three were put on the "crown" and enjoyed the honor. The Red Flower Festival is a charity event, in which the proceeds from the ticket sales of the election campaign, along with the majority of other recipients, are donated to social charities.