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Traditional Fijian Weddings
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Traditional Fijian Weddings
Engagement?
Arranged marriage?
What does it look like?
The Dress?
- Yes, marriages are arranged
- People got married, not for the individual, but for the two clans to join.
- courtship, or dating, is not allowed. The bride and groom would meet on the day of the wedding.
Same-Sex Marriage
- Typically the groom or his parents will go to the bride's father to ask for permission.
- In Fiji the members of the groom's "clan" will approach the bride's father with several whale's teeth.
- The proposal includes of a spokesman from both clans and a speech called "Na Vakasavu I Tukutuku" where permission is asked and either granted or denied.
- After the proposal the families meet and the host family gives the visitors a baked meal which is brought back to their clan where is is divided.
Garments made from Tapa cloth. Tapa is the bark from an indigenous, non-endangered Fijian tree pounded into a fine cloth and hand painted with traditional patterns of Fiji.
- There are traditional weddings and religious weddings.
- During weddings, the bride and groom sit on mats on the floor.
- The wedding is held either in the couple's house or a house loaned to them for the ceremony.
- After the wedding ceremony, there is a traditional wedding feast to follow. (Known as the reception)
- Absolutely not allowed
- Fiji is very traditional
- Gays can not even show their affection for one another in public
- Many public places are not "gay friendly", such as hotels and restuarants.
Kava
- Traditional drink, consumed at every Fijian wedding
Get the look
- The bride is usually tattooed, and sometimes painted with turmeric and oil. Traditionally, she might wear a necklace of ivory points, which is removed by the groom during the ceremony, an act signifying her new married status.
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