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Veiqia
''Veiqia'' (), or ''Weniqia'', is a female tattooing practice in Fiji. The term refers to both the practice and to the tattoos. Women or adolescent girls who have reached puberty may be tattooed in the groin and buttocks area by older female tattooing specialists called or . The practice was common prior to the arrival in the 1830s of Christian missionaries who discouraged it. The practice declined in the late nineteenth century, so that by 1908 to 1910, there was a single remaining tattooist recorded as being active; she was called Rabali. The practice was revived in the twenty-first century, led by the work of a collective of artists known as The Veiqia Project''.'' Museum collections of ''veiqia'' artefacts are found in several Western museum collections, as well as the Fiji Museum. In Fijian culture, the tattoos were considered to heighten a woman's beauty. ''Veiqia'' were seen as attractive and could be an important factor that enabled a woman to marry. If she died withou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasawa
Yasawa, also called Assawa and Ysava, is the northernmost large island of the Yasawa Group, an archipelago in Fiji's Western Division. Located at 17.00° South and 177.23° East, it covers an area of . It has a maximum altitude of above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level. In geodesy, it is formalized as orthometric height. The zero level .... The population was 1,120 in 1983. The islands are served by the Yasawa Island Airport. References Ba Province Islands of Fiji Yasawa Islands {{Fiji-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wainimala River
This is a list of the rivers of Fiji. They are listed by island in clockwise order, starting at the north end of each island. Tributaries are listed under the parent stream. Gau * Wailevu River (Gau) Ovalau *Lovoni River Taveuni *Somosomo Creek *Tavoro Creek *Waibula River Vanua Levu *Boda River *Bua River *Buca River * Bucaisau River *Dama River * Dreketi River ** Nabiti River **Naua River *** Drawa River ***Lutukina River *** Navuturerega River **Korovuli River **Nakorotolutolu River **Nanenivuda River **Nasuva River **Seaqaqa River **Vunibelebele River *Galogalo River *Kasavu River *Kilaka River *Korolevu River *Korotasere River *Labasa River **Wairikicake River ** Wairikiqisi River *Lagalaga River *Lakeba River * Lekutu River **Kavula River *** Nadamanu River *** Nawailevu River *Mataniwai River * Naiselesele River * Nakura River * Nala River ** Koroivonu River *Nalomate River * Naqereqere River * Nasavu River *Nasekawa River ** Drakaniwai River * Nasoni River *Natoavou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand (), commonly known as RNZ or Radio NZ, is a New Zealand public service broadcaster and Crown entity. Established under the Radio New Zealand Act 1995, it operates news and current affairs station, RNZ National, and a classical music and jazz station, RNZ Concert, with full government funding from NZ On Air. Since 2014, the organisation's focus has been to transform from a radio broadcaster to a multimedia outlet, increasing its production of digital content in audio, video, and written forms, utilising rnz.co.nz and the RNZ app. The organisation plays a central role in New Zealand public broadcasting. The New Zealand Parliament fully funds its AM network, used in part for the broadcast of parliamentary proceedings. RNZ has a statutory role under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 to act as a "lifeline utility" in emergencies. It is also responsible for an international service, RNZ Pacific, which broadcasts to the South Pacific in both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constance Gordon-Cumming
Constance Frederica "Eka" Gordon-Cumming (26 May 1837 – 4 September 1924) was a Scottish travel writer and painter. Born in a wealthy family, she travelled around the world and painted described scenes and life as she saw them. She was a friend and influencer of the travel writers and artists Marianne North and Isabella Bird. Biography Eka's grandfather Sir Alexander Cumming inherited the wealth of his wife and the name and arms of Gordon of Gordonstoun in 1804 and used the hyphenated double surname which was not consistently used by family members. She was born on 26 May 1837 at Altyre, near Forres in Scotland, the 12th child of a wealthy family. Her parents were Sir William Gordon Gordon-Cumming, 2nd Baronet, and Eliza Maria Gordon-Cumming, granddaughter of the Duke of Argyll. Eka was the aunt of Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 4th Baronet. Little is known about her early education but she would have had private home tutors. Her mother was interested in geology and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sali (weapon)
A sali or cali or tebetebe is a war club from Fiji. Uses in Fiji Usually cut from a hardwood type iron wood it is intended for war. It differs from the Gata by the width of its striking head. It is named Sali because of its resemblance to the clawed flower of the plant of the same name (Sali) of the genus Musa of the banana family.Anthony JP Meyer, ''Art océanien'', Könemann, 1995, p. 473 See also * Bulibuli * Culacula * Gata * Gunstock War Club * Totokia * Ula References Bibliography * John Charles Edler, Terence Barrow, ''Art of Polynesia'', Hemmeter Publishing Corporation, 1990. * Rod Ewins, ''Fijian Artefacts: The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection'', Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is a museum located in Hobart, Tasmania. The museum was established in 1846, by the Royal Society of Tasmania, the oldest Royal Society outside England. The TMAG receives 400,000 visitors annually. ..., 1982. * ''Bulletin of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barkcloth
Barkcloth or bark cloth is a versatile material that was once common in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. Barkcloth comes primarily from trees of the family Moraceae, including '' Broussonetia papyrifera'', '' Artocarpus altilis'', '' Artocarpus tamaran'', and '' Ficus natalensis''. It is made by beating sodden strips of the fibrous inner bark of these trees into sheets, which are then finished into a variety of items. Many texts that mention "paper clothing" are actually referring to barkcloth. Some modern cotton-based fabrics are also named "barkcloth" for their resemblance to these traditional fabrics. Traditional Austronesia Before the development of woven textiles, barkcloth made from trees belonging to the mulberry family ( Moraceae) were an important aspect of the pre-Austronesian and Austronesian material culture during the Neolithic period. Stone barkcloth beaters, in particular, are considered part of the "Austronesian toolkit." They have been found in abundance i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatole Von Hügel
Anatole von Hügel (29 September 1854, in Florence – 15 August 1928, in Cambridge) was a son of an Austrian nobleman who lived in England and was curator of the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology, 1883 – 1921. Early life Born into the German noble Von Hügel, House of Hügel, he was the second son of Freiherr, Baron Charles von Hügel and his Scottish wife Elizabeth Clan Farquharson, Farquharson. His elder brother was Friedrich von Hügel and his sister was Pauline von Hügel. Biography His family moved to England in 1867 after his father's retirement, and he was educated at Stonyhurst College. From 1874 to 1878 he collected natural history specimens in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, and Java. He became an authority on Fiji, after his lengthy travels in the practically unknown interior of Viti Levu to record the original Fijian culture before British colonisation. In 1880 he married Eliza Margaret Froude, daughter of William Froude and in 1883 he bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
