We try to place some articles here that cover the 2004 celebrations.

Which is why suddenly Bhojpuri singers are in demand in Fiji and kathak is the dance form, which has Aussies twirling around in circles. So ...[more]

The National Farmers Union has launched two historical publications to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the arrival of the first ...[more]

The Great Council of Chiefs has publicly apologised to descendants of girmitiyas for the events that led to racial tension following the ...[more]

Former Prime Minister and National Farmers Union general secretary Mahendra Chaudhry lashed out at traitors who tried to ingratiate ...[more] 

Replica ship leads parade
Fiji Times, Saturday, May 15, 2004

A replica of the Leonidas, the ship in which the first Indian indentured labourers arrived in May 14, 1879, was paraded through the ...[more]

The Great Council of Chiefs is committed to maintaining a united multiracial Fiji where people of different races, opinions and ...[more]

Youths were urged to draw inspiration from the way girmityas overcame the struggles they encountered when they first arrived in Fiji...[more]

The Fiji Girmit Council has set up a museum in Lautoka to commemorate Girmit Day and to preserve the past and treasure the present....[more]