#indo fijian

[yourdailyqueer]

Tanita Tikaram

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: 12 August 1969  

Ethnicity: Sarawakian Malay, Indo Fijian

Nationality: British

Occupation: Singer, songwriter, musician

[bingsoo-jung]

my funny controversial veilguard opinion is that while i get why people are saying the 'sexy lof' armor is orientalist and i do think there's a convo to be had there... that armor is also based off of actual clothes people historically wore in southeast asia. like this

is absolutely based off of these

and while these are stylised forms of the outfit it's not because of the skin being shown. the women wearing shirts underneath are not wearing it as thai people wore tabengman historically. because historically we didn't really wear a lot of shirts, shirts were not legally mandated clothes until the 1940s. my thai grandmother is older than that. in fact a lot of asia didn't get around to stigmatizing and sexualizing breasts until the 1800s or later (like you can find photos of korean women in the 1900s with their breasts out and that was fine and normal culturally). the reason these are stylized though is bc they're made of silk and they're wearing brocades. most people would've worn this in plain fabric without gold brocades bc silk and gold are expensive.

and, to be clear, a lot of both the LoF and qunari armors and fashion is based off of historical southeast asian fashion. isabella is straight up wearing a hmong necklace.

the qunari ropes are also almost certainly based off of muay boran kard chuek which is this old way of binding your hands with hemp ropes in thailand for boxing. you can also see that in qunari concept art they've drawn them with intricate knots that are very chinese in origin, they're wearing armor in rattans weaved patterns. (i'll also point out that it was explicitly said in the past that people from east tevinter, which is closer to seheron, look like dorian, and dorian's va is half indo-fijian and half malay. that man belongs to the south pacific.)

and yes, we could have a whole conversation about specifically choosing to look at these armors instead of other southeast asian armors. but i think a lot of people think the armor is based off of western fantasies of belly dancer costumes... which while may have played a part, it's also very clear to me that the devs have used a lot of southeast asian inspiration for seheron, rivain, and part of tevinter.

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Tanita Tikaram - Twist in My Sobriety 1988

"Twist in My Sobriety" is a song written and performed by British singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram, born in West Germany of Indo-Fijian and Sarawakian Malay origin. Released as a single in October 1988 when she was 19 years old from her debut album, Ancient Heart, it was Tikaram's biggest international success, achieving top 10 placings in several European countries. The song reached number two in both Austria and West Germany. It peaked at number 25 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Speaking about the somewhat obscure and enigmatic lyrics, Tikaram has offered different views on their meaning, but said it's mostly about the particular relationship with the world one feels when entering adulthood. "The song is really about not understanding – when you're 18, you've got a very particular emotional relationship with the world, you feel very isolated, and everybody else is so distant and cold. And I think I was singing about not feeling anything or not being moved by things around. I think this is a strong feeling when you're just after adolescence."

"Twist in My Sobriety" was nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards; Best Female Video and Best Cinematography. It was also nominated for Best British Single at the Brit Awards.

In 1989, the song was covered by Liza Minnelli. In 1996, a remixed house version by Ramp with a much faster tempo was included on the compilation The Best of Tanita Tikaram and was released as a single to promote the album. The single peaked at number 82 in the UK. In 2001, the song appeared on the soundtrack of the film Bandits, starring Bruce Willis and Cate Blanchett. In 2023 it was covered by the Norwegian symphonic metal band Sirenia.

"Twist in My Sobriety" received a total of 69,1% yes votes!

[gwendolynlerman]

Most commonly spoken language in each country

I had to separate the legend from the map because it would not have been legible otherwise. I am aware that the color distinctions are not always very clear, but there are only so many colors in the palette.

The legend is arranged in alphabetical order and languages are grouped by family (bullet points), with branches represented by numbers and followed by the color palette languages within them are colored in, as follows:

Afroasiatic

Chadic (Hausa) — ocher

Cushitic (Oromo and Somali) — light yellow-green

Semitic (from Arabic to Tigrinya) — yellow

Albanian — olive green

Armenian — mauve

Atlantic-Congo

Benue-Congo (from Chewa to Zulu) — blue-green

Senegambian (Fula and Wolof) — faded blue-green

Volta-Congo (Ewe and Mooré) — bright blue-green

Austroasiatic (Khmer and Vietnamese) — dark blue-purple

Austronesian

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (from Fijian to Wallisian) — dark brown

Malayo-Polynesian (Palauan) — bright brown

Western Malayo-Polynesian (from Malagasy to Tagalog) — light brown

Eastern Sudanic (Dinka) — foral white

Hellenic (Greek) — black

Indo-European

Germanic (from Danish to Swedish) — light blue (creoles in medium/dark blue)

English-based creoles (from Antiguan and Barbudan to Vincentian Creole)

Indo-Aryan (from Bengali to Sinhala) — purple

Iranian (Persian) — gray

Romance (from Catalan to Spanish) — red (creoles in dark red)

French-based creoles (from Haitian Creole to Seychellois Creole)

Portuguese-based creoles (from Cape Verdean Creole to Papiamento)

Slavic — light green (from Bulgarian to Ukrainian)

Inuit (Greenlandic) — white

Japonic (Japanese) — blanched almond

Kartvelian (Georgian) — faded blue

Koreanic (Korean) — yellow-orange

Kra-Dai (Lao and Thai) — dark orange

Mande (from Bambara to Mandinka) — magenta/violet

Mongolic (Mongolian) — red-brown

Sino-Tibetan (Burmese, Chinese*, and Dzongkha) — pink

Turkic (from Azerbaijani to Uzbek) — dark green

Uralic

Balto-Finnic (Estonian and Finnish) — light orange

Ugric (Hungarian) — salmon

* Chinese refers to Cantonese and Mandarin. Hindi and Urdu are grouped under Hindustani, and Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian are grouped under Serbo-Croatian.

[ramon-tikaram-love]

Ramon Tikaram is a British actor and singer of Indo-Fijian and Malaysian descent, born in 1967.

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TV series

this life (1996-1997)

daylight robbery (2000)

judge john deed (2001)

dream team (2002)

crossroads (2002)

mile high (2003)

silent witness (2004)

murphy's law (2005)

nathan barley (2005)

tripping over (2006)

wired (2008)

primeval (2008-2009)

my spy family (2007-2009)

m.i. high (2011)

eastenders (2009-2012)

white heat (2012)

father brown (2013)

game of thrones (2013)

moving on (2009-2013)

law & order: uk (2013-2014)

stella (2015)

man down (2013-2015)

new tricks (2015)

midsomer murders (2016)

casualty (1997-2016)

happy valley (2014-2016)

the coroner (2016)

death in paradise (2017)

fortitude (2015-2017)

hetty feather (2017)

shakespeare & hathaway: private investigators (2018)

lee & dean (2018)

flowers (2018)

the victim (2019)

feel good (2020)

the great (2021)

brassic (2019-2021)

the curse (2022)

murder, they hope (2022)

pennyworth (2019-2022)

love rat (2024)

renegade nell (2024)

tell me everything (2024)

kaos (2024)

movies

kama sutra: a tale of love (1996)

code name: wolverine (1996)

supply & demand (1997)

krakatoa: the last days (2006)

mischief night (2006)

the ruby in the smoke (2006)

dean spanley (2008)

endgame (2009)

the kidnap diaries (2012)

vampire academy (2014)

jupiter ascending (2015)

dragonfly (2015)

5 greedy bankers (2016)

boogie man (2018)

solo: a star wars story (deleted scene) (2018)

fisherman's friends: one and all (2022)

the hunting of the snark (rec. 2019, rel. 2023)

games

dead space (2009-2011)

dragon age: inquisition (2014)

need for speed: payback (2017)

overwatch (2022)

short films

broken eternity (2012)

cowboy ben (2014)

theatre

gaddafi: a living myth (2006)

the king and i (2011)

other

the mighty boosh (2005)

jackanory junior: let's go home, little bear (2007)

unit: the new series (2015-2018)

misc appearances

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my drawings 🍓

my writings 🍋

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[punkshort]

hello!!! I think Holi Festival it’s celebrated mainly in India and Nepal. Maybe in Fiji they make one, but i think it has Hindu origins… Sorry to bother you, i hope it can help you!

ps. I loved the last chapter, made me cry!

Okay I read that too because I know Fiji and India aren't exactly close, but I read there's actually quite a large Indian population in Fiji (called Indo-Fijians) so I believe they carried on the Hindu tradition on the islands. But this is from Google and Wikipedia so if anyone's ever been to Fiji or lives near there that can confirm this for me, I would be forever grateful!

Btw it's totally never a bother, thank you so much ❤️

[reverie-verse]

Hello is this account BIPOC owned?

Hiiiiii! Yes it is! My writing is very generalized as best it can be, I want all my readers to feel like themselves when they read my fics! I want them to feel just as loved, valued and appreciated as everyone else! I think that’s super important, that even if one of my requesters or my followers wants a specific request that I try to match it. But I mostly just focus on generalized descriptions because I want it to be all inclusive! I also come from a really diverse background, as an Indo-Fijian Mexican!😌 which is such an interesting mix and I’ve only ever met like one or two people who share the same kinda background. And sadly you know there’s not a lot of fics or stories in general on screen or in novels that represent me or people like me and because of that I just really want everyone to feel included. Ummm I hope that answers your question and I do hope you find a fic you like or wish to request and I do hope you stay!🫶🏽

-Rie😊

[morethansalad]

Vegan Indo-Fijian Kaddu (Pumpkin) Curry

[oreocoffee]

I'm hella vibing and feeling myself, yo.! 🍃 .

I feel so good about myself and I am happy about it. I can wear whatever I want, I can wear guy t-shirts and jeans as long as I'm comfortable. I can totally wear sneakers all the time and everywhere I go. I can take care of my shoes and clean them because people notice top to bottom. Clean is what is noticed, Clean house, car, hair. Everything looks good when it is clean and organized. ! You love clean, you love organized.

I'd just love for someone to make me aloo, bean, bora and garam soft rotis!. -Indo/Fijian style❤️.

Taking my medications, drinking water, eating food at home, socialize. I need to socialize and be out there more talking to people. The rejection felt is unsettling, even today. One method failed, but there are several other methods. It's okay to face or get rejected because that is how things go. Rejection happens, it can feel good to reject when you have been rejected for too long. However, knowing you'll be facing rejection or a possible chance of rejection, it does not mean to stop. It does not mean to stop trying for different socializing and application things. It happens, everywhere and to everyone. It is nothing personal towards you. One gets done, the next gets started. Also understand that you can be whoever you want to be. Wear, listen, look, read, take care of yourself, etc., however you want.

[tigerwhowrites]

Post coup trauma – thirty-seven years on.

May 14th 1879, the Leonidas landed on Fiji’s shores with the first ‘batch’ of Indian indentured labourers, brought to toil on sugar plantations. After the Leonidas, 87 ships brought over 60, 000 indentured labourers to Fiji, whose children would become the first generation of an ethnic group known as Indo – Fijians.

May 14th 1987, Fiji: Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka was responsible for a racially fuelled coup in Fiji. After which many Indo Fijians including my parents emigrated to New Zealand.

In 2022, Sitiveni Rabuka was elected as the Prime Minister of Fiji. My mother felt uneasy about this. The trauma and undercurrents of 1987 has never gone away.

A lifetime has gone by since 1987, perhaps it is time to think about how past decisions now affect the diaspora?

Above: Attendees at the May 14th ‘Fiji Girmit Remembrance Day,’ Auckland. [Original image by Aaisha Khan]

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Contact details of interviewee: sangeetadeo99@gmail.com

[mentoscola]

south asian languages in australia (2021)

Punjabi 239,041

Hindi 197,132

Nepali 133,078

Urdu 111,864

Tamil 95,411

Sinhalese 85,876

Gujarati 81,341

Malayalam 78,731

Bengali 70,118

Telugu 59,393

(Hazaraghi 41,675)

(Dari 29,831)

Marathi 22,266

Kannada 14,714

Pashto 12,662

Fijian Hindustani 4,772

Konkani 3,636

Indo-Aryan, nfd 786

1,210,821-1,282,327 (4.76%-5.04%)

(hazaraghi/dari in brackets because afghanistan is central asia or south asia depending on who you ask)

[marwahstudios]

India Fiji Forum Launched at Fiji High Commission

New Delhi: In a celebration of the enduring and remarkable cultural ties between India and Fiji, a momentous event was held at the High Commission of Fiji in New Delhi. Dr. Sandeep Marwah, Chancellor of AAFT University and President of Marwah Studios, graced the occasion as a guest of honor during the launch of the India Fiji Forum, spearheaded by Gaurav Gupta of GTTC- Global Trade and Technology Council.

The historical bonds between India and Fiji have endured for centuries, with approximately thirty five percent of the Fijian population being of Indian origin. Their continued embrace of Indian customs, religion, festivals, traditions, and way of life is a testament to the profound cultural connection shared by these two nations.

The India Fiji Forum, a newly established platform, has garnered the unwavering support of the Indo Fiji Film and Cultural Forum. This cultural collaboration, under the chairmanship of Dr. Sandeep Marwah, operates internationally from the vibrant Marwah Film City in Noida, India.

The event at the Fiji High Commission in New Delhi was a rich tapestry of cultural expressions. It featured captivating performances of traditional Fijian dances and music, an enchanting magic show, and engaging discussions. Nilesh Kumar, Counselor at the Fiji High Commission, shared that the event successfully showcased the diverse and vibrant cultural heritage of Fiji.

His Excellency Kamlesh Shashi Prakash, High Commissioner of Fiji and Patron of the Indo Fiji Film and Cultural Forum, inaugurated the India Fiji Forum. He extended his blessings to the artists in attendance, symbolizing the strong cultural ties that bind the two nations.

The event saw a diverse and enthusiastic audience, representing various segments of life, who gathered to celebrate the rich tapestry of cultural exchange and cooperation between India and Fiji.

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 Fiji is a beautiful island nation in the South Pacific, known for its stunning beaches, lush rainforests, and vibrant culture. Fiji is also home to a diverse range of radio stations, offering a variety of programming to suit all tastes.

One of the most popular radio stations in Fiji is Radio Fiji Two, which is operated by the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC). Radio Fiji Two broadcasts in both English and Fijian, and features a mix of news, sports, music, and cultural programming. The station also provides live coverage of major events and festivals in Fiji.

Another popular radio station in Fiji is Radio Fiji One, which is also operated by the FBC. Radio Fiji One is the national radio station of Fiji, and broadcasts a mix of news, current affairs, music, and entertainment programming. The station also provides coverage of major international events and sports tournaments, including the Olympic Games and the Rugby World Cup.

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In addition to these mainstream radio stations, there are also several community radio stations in Fiji that provide a platform for local voices and perspectives. These stations are run by volunteers, and often focus on niche interests or cultural programming. Examples include Radio Sargam, which plays Hindi music and caters to the Indian community in Fiji, and Radio Mirchi, which plays Bollywood music and caters to the wider Indo-Fijian community.

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[litiavolavola]

To begin with, in 1879 the indians arrived from India through the indentured system. They arrived in the ship Leondas and it carried 60,965 laborers. Their contact ended in the 1920 and some indians that have taken the decision to stay here are now seen in today's indo-fijian. Although the indians and itaukei fijians have started off a bad foot but it gradually got better with time and now the two ethic group together with peace and harmony.

Additionally, the niueans and samoans were brought in the 18th century by Tongans to build war ships. The 18th century contained a ton of wars so the togans brought the niueans and samoans by baiting them using the priced vesi hardwood. The niueans and samoans families which migrated to Fiji were absorbed into the local cultures and had little to no memory of their original home.

Lastly, the missionaries have started arriving in Fiji from the 19th century, they glorified God and peace. They made peace between various ethic groups. They also built schools and introduced reading and writing which is now known as education.