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We try to place some articles
here that cover the 2004 celebrations.
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Let's get fijical!
By Tanya Chaitanya, Times News Network,
Tuesday, June 01, 2004 02:55:41 AM
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]
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NFU launches books on
'girmit'
(received from NFU 27/5/2004)
The National Farmers Union has launched two
historical publications to commemorate the 125th anniversary
of the arrival of the first ...[more]
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Chiefs say sorry to
Girmit descendants
Fiji
Sun, Saturday, 15 May 2004, by Frederica Elbourne
The Great Council of Chiefs has publicly
apologised to descendants of girmitiyas for the events that
led to racial tension following the ...[more]
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Chaudhry lashes out
at 'traitors'
Fiji
Times, Saturday, May 15, 2004
Former Prime Minister and National Farmers
Union general secretary Mahendra Chaudhry lashed out at
traitors who tried to ingratiate ...[more]
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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]
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Chiefs commit to
racial unity
Fiji
Times, Saturday, May 15, 2004
The Great Council of Chiefs is committed to
maintaining a united multiracial Fiji where people of
different races, opinions and ...[more]
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Major attributes
girmits' sacrifice
Fiji
Times, Sunday, May 09, 2004
Youths were urged to draw inspiration
from the way girmityas overcame the struggles they encountered
when they first arrived in Fiji...[more]
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PM to unveil Girmit plaque
Fiji
Times, Saturday, May 08, 2004
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]
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