Yeah me and my friends have watched all your vids and I said that a new one came out at school and we tried to watch it but it didn't show up and I was like what.
As a mothertongue Hindi speaker I understand about 85% of Fiji Hindi It's mostly derived from Bhojpuri from Bihar and to some extent dialects of Uttar Pradesh all of which are pretty familiar to people all over the Hindi-belt
Hy I'm fijian Indian from fiji island n we do speak in fiji hindi.but 200 years ago my great grandfather came from india Kolkata ..he came to fiji as a cultivator..
I was there last year visiting my family. Boy I loved it such a relaxing environment friendly people. I can't wait to go back my family home is on grantham road. 3 miles my dad went to MGM. It truly is paradise. Fiji bitter is one hell of a beer and the mutton pies are to die for!!!. God bless Fiji 🇫🇯 🇫🇯 🇫🇯 🇫🇯 ❤❤❤❤
lXlinfinitylXl Stop being a pathetic little prick. As a proud Fijian of Indian descent I know I am not truly Indian. Like cmon I grew up in Fiji, I played on its field, I ate the food that grew from it’s Earth. I am Fijian and forever will be one. And as for your racist comment, you dare to say that Indians made Fiji a better place, have you forgotten that Fiji and India were both under British rule. Indians did not make Fiji a better place they did not stand alone they had the support from its native (not all of them but a majority of them). We Fijians together made Fiji a better place. So stop being so arrogant and have a nice day😁.
@@CellularShenenigans Interesting.. what was the contribution of your ancestors to fiji as indentured labor ? are you more mad at the british and proud of your indian heritage or you glad the british got your ancestors there and glad you don't live in india anymore ? from your comment it feels like you want to be distanced from india and be known as fijian and not indian ? sorry just curious and fascinated by that as i seldom come across communities that want to distance from their ancestoral identity unless its as a result of a abrahamic faith converstion to islam or christinity in which case you are expected to reject your past religion but here it seems like the indians in fiji still practise their indian faith perhaps ? would appreciate if you can throw some light into your identity. thanks.
@@suerayss Well my ancestors like the ancestors of most other indo-fijians were builders, farmers,and sugar mill workers. And yes I do feel glad that the british got my ancestors out of India, however: yes it wasn't the civil way to do it nor was it fair since the majority of indentured labourers couldn't read of write, and the contracts they signed were written in English. Why am I glad? because I wouldn't have existed if my ancestors from both my maternal and paternal side did not leave india. Not only I but my parents and my grandparents and my great grandparents would have never existed if my ancestors did not leave india. This would be a long as comment( ironically this will definitely be a long comment but I'll try my best to keep it short) if I were to write all the reasons for these circumstances but.... you can find out why on the internet by just learning about the caste system of india( Which a large majority of the indentured labourers would have not cared about after living with people from the different regions of india who had different beliefs). And yes I do want to be known as a Fijian rather than an indian because the culture of the two countries is different. Think of it like a diverging path where the road splits in the end and leads to two very different cities. And while a large majority of the the indo-fijians believe in hinduism that does not change the fact that there is large cultural difference that separates us fijians of indian descent from Indians from india. This is largely due to the fact that after serving their 5 years of paid labour the indians who had been brought to Fiji by the British decided to stay and there were even indians( those from the Gujarat and Punjab region) who came after the indentured labour system had been abolished. The 20th century had a drastic effect on all countries with the advancement of science and technology and of course both the World Wars. The influence of western, pacifica, chinese and indian culture definitely had a drastic effect on the girmitiyas of Fiji and the Native Fijians, from what they ate to how they dressed, to the style of music that they played. I identify myself as a Fijian because of the history of my ancestors. I've grown up in a community of people from different ancestral backgrounds who value Humanity, humility and humbleness over anything else and even though we might not be the richest country I assure you the Fijians have a big heart and are always friendly. Fijians those native and those who came afterwards and those who are yet to be born will always stand united under the noble banner blue.
Certainly money and conditions are a factor, there is also the element of wider service, ie the UK forces deploy quite widely both in theatre of operations and normal postings. There is also I dare say still that element of being part of a wider family and the 'old country' has a definite appeal in that regard.
YAY! BULA!!! ..Fijians, the happiest people in the world. Thank you Geography Now for this video. You did well with your research 👍 By the way, has anyone watched Disney's MOANA/VAIANA/OCEANIA movie. Well, Fiji was one of the Pacific Islands that the directors drew inspiration from for the movie, along with Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, Tokelau and New Zealand just to mention a few. I hope you liked it. Come for a holiday. FIJI and the Pacific WELCOMES YOU. 🌴🌴🌴🌺🌺☀️
Ahh nice, love how you chose Fiji to follow Australia. I'm Australian-Fiji/Indian. My dad aussie my mum and her family born in Ba Fiji, but they have Indian traditions.
Amazing job on the Fijian pronunciation!. Fiji has also close ties to Tonga which can be seen in the Lau islands their traditional dress which is similar to that of the Tongans as they were under Tongan occupation way back when ( I wasn't a history student so take this with a grain of salt)
Not only is Fiji water A E S T H E T I C, but the arquipelago it self follows the Fibonacci sequence, making it all even more A E S T H E T I C and I R O N I C
Nice episode once again. It's simply amazing to hear all of this information from countries I know nothing about. Even the episodes from other nearby European countries have included really interesting and little known facts and I was surprised to hear that the episode about Estonia was featured in some piece of online news. And now, the waiting is almost over, we finally get to see the Finland episode, something I've been waiting for a long time!
Bula vinaka! I'm from Rotuma and a proud Fijian💕 this is legit good...love that you did a great job doing your research on our country. Keep it up👏 vinaka vakalevu and foi'eksia 💕
Thank you for making geography entertaining!!! Also, thank you for doing a video on Fiji!! Great job on lots of the other South Pacific Islands too!! I look forward to watching lots of your videos. My husband & I are fans!!
@Taken Apart so much fun specially when we been to sand bar it's in the middle of the ocean...omg that's my first time and if I have a chance I want to go back again....sad part I don't have picture because I'm scared to make it wet my camera..huhu
Oceanian countries are so cool!! I think they're the last part of the world with a culture semi-unknown to the West. They are like hidden gems in the countries list every 1-2 years there's one. Next stop Kiribati.
Well you'd be wrong with the last semi-unknown culture thing as there are numerous indigenous cultures around the world from Russia to India to China to the Caucasus and Africa that the West are clueless about.
this is great and I love that you mentioned rotuma a few times it would be amazing if you could do a video on Rotuma by itself, the "Mamanuka" islands are actually the Mamanuca islands which is pronounced Mamanutha just fyi!
Awesome video! Just FYI Fiji is actually a cross between Melanesia and Polynesia. The Eastern part of Fiji and the outer islands have strong ties with Tonga. Other than that I think you represented my people very well
Omg, bula from Fiji. As I laughed and enjoyed every bit of this video. Thank you for putting an amazing piece on my homeland. Vinaka Geography Now Team 🇫🇯
Barby, about "Tonga". You've pronounced it Tong-ga, and I suppose that's common (wikipedia gives it as an alternative), but the Tongan language doesn't have the hard G sound; the Tongans I know say the "ng" like in English "singing", not like "finger".
I'm from Australia and i have noticed a small politcol rivalry between Fiji and Australia... due to the coup and other minor issues... overall i beleive our nations get along well and our peopls get along famously but politics is a differant story. :)
I guess that's why they always say, 'Politics aside', we're all humans because humans invented politics and politicians are humans, lol _____ I am finishing my degree at an Australian University and thanks to your government for offering me and many of my country men scholarships. PEACE
Nice! You nailed a lot of the nuanced stuff, like ethnic tension and the melanesian-but-kinda-polynesian culture. Sad fact: Some Fijians were enslaved and taken to Australian sugar cane plantations in the 19th century. That's not often talked about :(
Visited in March 2020, just before Fiji went into lockdown. The beaches are pure heaven, the people awesome, very similar to beautiful Vanuatu. Tried kava, which is quite mild. Would highly recommend to people who love warm paradises and beaches
When I was in FIJI i had 1 litre of Kava in one night......I have never been sicker before in my entire life. Also just a heads up, Kava literally tastes like dirt mixed with dishwater.
Now that was a more accurate and related video of Fiji. Wasn't biased like any others. I made a thumbs-up for how lively and lovely you were throughout the vid.. Fiji seems out of place in the Melanesian groups as they are much connected to Polynesia through language,culture,traditions and of course history. New subscriber to Geography Now.. Bula vinaka.
Love all your videos, Barby! Always loved geography since I was a kid & your videos are a fun & cheerful way to bring geography to the masses. Welcome back & keep up the great work! :)
Have lived in Fiji for 8 years now. Pretty good video! Only critique was the bizarre spelling for the Mananuca's on the image for the island group. Well done, thanks! Now I have a video I can send to my folks back in my country of origin that summarizes things quite nicely.
I think what he did was he uploaded the video, then quickly made it private, making it so it wouldn't show up in your sub-box. I got here because my old iOS 6 iPod still has the old notification system, so when the video went up, even though he made it private, the notification never leaves, which allows me to view the video whenever I want. I don't know why he even uploaded it in the first place, but it's probably for his Patrons, or maybe he's testing something out.
7:29 we reap the wind and the sky when the sun is high We sail the lengths of the seas on the ocean breeze At night we name every star We know where we are We know who we are, who we are........
Its funny, New Zealand and Fiji seem so culturally different but they are both like the biggest rugby players. Then you do remember they are actually quite close
If you are a student at a primary school in Australia, you probably had like two children in the same class as you who have been to Fiji. It one of the most holiday places for Australians aside Bali and New Zealand.
Fun fact: When Kaliya surrendered to Krishna. He promised that he would not harass anybody. So Krishna pardoned him and then let him leave the river and go back to Ramanik Dwip(Present Day Fiji). Moreover, native Fijians also believed in a serpent-god called Dengei.
'A few Indians to spice things up'
I see what you did there
yep you got that right
Kkkkkkk u got it kkkkkkkk
Indians were took by British,,, we are peace lovers
RobertoMC - MINECRAFT stop playing Minecraft and focus more on reality then
@RobertoMC - MINECRAFT There are so many Indians in Fiji
Love to Fiji 🇫🇯 from Belgium 🇧🇪
Love from Fiji 😊
Uro
I live in fiji
Love from Denmark
GOD BLESS FIJI🇬🇧🤝🇫🇯
Hehe, due to an accidental upload error some of you got to see this video a little early! WELL ENJOY! And heeeeeerrrreee's FIJI!
Geography Now when are you doing fyrom ??
Yeah me and my friends have watched all your vids and I said that a new one came out at school and we tried to watch it but it didn't show up and I was like what.
Geography Now You have Swiss flags in the video at 9:14 instead of Red Cross flags
Thanks for doing my country so well GN! :)
You pronounced Kiribati right! :D
As a mothertongue Hindi speaker I understand about 85% of Fiji Hindi
It's mostly derived from Bhojpuri from Bihar and to some extent dialects of Uttar Pradesh all of which are pretty familiar to people all over the Hindi-belt
Hey there i am from uttar pradesh
Do you know hindi
Hy I'm fijian Indian from fiji island n we do speak in fiji hindi.but 200 years ago my great grandfather came from india Kolkata ..he came to fiji as a cultivator..
It's called fijian not hindi
@@indofijianvlog2444 wow from kolkata? i am from kolkata
Fun Fact. The 14 pronvinces of Fiji each have their own specific dialects.
And in those provinces there are villages with their own dialects that are slightly different from the main dialects
3oo+ different dialects altogether at this point.
like italy hahah
@@tommasoghirardi1188 like Kenya too
Where you from Yvonne?
Fiji won the Rubgy 7's Gold Medal at Rio 2016 Olympic Games!! First Olympic Medal in its history and I was there!! :)
thanks....for support ,im from fiji
it was the first rugby held in the olympic ☺😊😊😊
I'm from Fiji! 😊
@@aecha9182 No it was the 2nd . USA won the first Rugby . But that was 15 aside. Google it up
And I was celebrating at the pub 😂😁
ur a lucky brother👍👍👍
Oceania is so interesting
All hail, Trump Jong-un.
Just saw you on a WonderWhy video!
Apart from the Australia part
Lol fr
@@johndotto2773 2 idiots combined with each other
I was born in Fiji and lived there for 20 years! I'm always excited when people cover our country!
Me to! Born in suva
Na si bula vinaka
i'm from fiji but after a couple days of when i was born i moved to a different country :(
I'm a Fijian Indian and we really did spice things up😏
Marty ram spicies masala oooo yeearr,,indian girls are classified as one of the beutiful girls in the world,,,,facts,,,,
@@jackalbark7593 I am not Fijian, but Indian nevertheless
Does it apply in mainland India too?
@@ayushacharya972 nah ;)
Hello brother I am an Indian Indian.
Oh really like what
Love from your melanesian brother 🇫🇯🇵🇬
There was also this time where Australia, New Zealand and Fiji all wanted to become one country in the early 1900's
who told you that?
Yep that's true. .. always wondered what if Fiji was a state of Australia
Wait really???!
There is was an option to allow new zeland to become 2 ststes back at federation.
Yep, looked it up myself although briefly. The Aussies offered both Fiji and NZ a chance to be part of the Australian union as states.
Yay!!! I'm from Fiji!!! 🇫🇯🇫🇯🇫🇯
yay me too!!!
Ilai Jikoiono
lets have babies
Ilai Jikoiono MEE TOO
cici levu
Ilai Jikoiono ME TOO!!
I was there last year visiting my family. Boy I loved it such a relaxing environment friendly people. I can't wait to go back my family home is on grantham road. 3 miles my dad went to MGM. It truly is paradise. Fiji bitter is one hell of a beer and the mutton pies are to die for!!!. God bless Fiji 🇫🇯 🇫🇯 🇫🇯 🇫🇯 ❤❤❤❤
As a Fijian I am proud 💕 great job on this video! smiled the whole time, entertaining learning about your own country. 💕💕💕👍
Hello Fijians. Love from your brother nation India :)
Dhruv Verma we are not Indians. WE ARE FIJIAN
lXlinfinitylXl Stop being a pathetic little prick. As a proud Fijian of Indian descent I know I am not truly Indian. Like cmon I grew up in Fiji, I played on its field, I ate the food that grew from it’s Earth. I am Fijian and forever will be one. And as for your racist comment, you dare to say that Indians made Fiji a better place, have you forgotten that Fiji and India were both under British rule. Indians did not make Fiji a better place they did not stand alone they had the support from its native (not all of them but a majority of them). We Fijians together made Fiji a better place. So stop being so arrogant and have a nice day😁.
@@CellularShenenigans Interesting.. what was the contribution of your ancestors to fiji as indentured labor ?
are you more mad at the british and proud of your indian heritage or you glad the british got your ancestors there and glad you don't live in india anymore ? from your comment it feels like you want to be distanced from india and be known as fijian and not indian ?
sorry just curious and fascinated by that as i seldom come across communities that want to distance from their ancestoral identity unless its as a result of a abrahamic faith converstion to islam or christinity in which case you are expected to reject your past religion but here it seems like the indians in fiji still practise their indian faith perhaps ? would appreciate if you can throw some light into your identity. thanks.
@@suerayss Well my ancestors like the ancestors of most other indo-fijians were builders, farmers,and sugar mill workers. And yes I do feel glad that the british got my ancestors out of India, however: yes it wasn't the civil way to do it nor was it fair since the majority of indentured labourers couldn't read of write, and the contracts they signed were written in English. Why am I glad? because I wouldn't have existed if my ancestors from both my maternal and paternal side did not leave india. Not only I but my parents and my grandparents and my great grandparents would have never existed if my ancestors did not leave india. This would be a long as comment( ironically this will definitely be a long comment but I'll try my best to keep it short) if I were to write all the reasons for these circumstances but.... you can find out why on the internet by just learning about the caste system of india( Which a large majority of the indentured labourers would have not cared about after living with people from the different regions of india who had different beliefs). And yes I do want to be known as a Fijian rather than an indian because the culture of the two countries is different. Think of it like a diverging path where the road splits in the end and leads to two very different cities. And while a large majority of the the indo-fijians believe in hinduism that does not change the fact that there is large cultural difference that separates us fijians of indian descent from Indians from india. This is largely due to the fact that after serving their 5 years of paid labour the indians who had been brought to Fiji by the British decided to stay and there were even indians( those from the Gujarat and Punjab region) who came after the indentured labour system had been abolished. The 20th century had a drastic effect on all countries with the advancement of science and technology and of course both the World Wars. The influence of western, pacifica, chinese and indian culture definitely had a drastic effect on the girmitiyas of Fiji and the Native Fijians, from what they ate to how they dressed, to the style of music that they played. I identify myself as a Fijian because of the history of my ancestors. I've grown up in a community of people from different ancestral backgrounds who value Humanity, humility and humbleness over anything else and even though we might not be the richest country I assure you the Fijians have a big heart and are always friendly. Fijians those native and those who came afterwards and those who are yet to be born will always stand united under the noble banner blue.
hiii. ...I have family with your last name 💗💗💗
The next one should be hard to FINNISH.
Unfunny...
k
Yoan Dimov no
👉😏👉
Yoan Dimov Yes.
They do indeed continue close ties with the UK, many Fijians join the British Army, I've served with a few, they are considerable units ;)
people from many commonwealth countries still choose to serve in the UK forces, is this down to better conditions/training or something else?
Certainly money and conditions are a factor, there is also the element of wider service, ie the UK forces deploy quite widely both in theatre of operations and normal postings. There is also I dare say still that element of being part of a wider family and the 'old country' has a definite appeal in that regard.
@@thesherbet it's down to Christianism
Three Steps Sideways yup My dad is Fijian and I was born in the UK because he joined the Army.
YAY! BULA!!! ..Fijians, the happiest people in the world. Thank you Geography Now for this video. You did well with your research 👍 By the way, has anyone watched Disney's MOANA/VAIANA/OCEANIA movie. Well, Fiji was one of the Pacific Islands that the directors drew inspiration from for the movie, along with Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, Tokelau and New Zealand just to mention a few. I hope you liked it. Come for a holiday. FIJI and the Pacific WELCOMES YOU. 🌴🌴🌴🌺🌺☀️
Hi from Azerbaijan! I love Fiji! Even I supported Fuji in Rio 2016. Loves from Azerbaijan!🇦🇿❤🇫🇯
We Fiji people hate you. You bully Armenia people. Fiji stands with Armenia.
@@bharathrathod8868 And who made you Fiji's spokes person? stfu!
A Fijian watching from Norway 😁. Pretty accurate although I did learn a few new things about my home country 🤣
You Indian... Though 😢
Fiji looks beautiful!! great mixture of cultures
Apparently this video didn't appear in many peoples subscription feeds.
Didn't appear in mine but Flag Friday did.
it was not in mine
Sparx632 same here
ye for me too
same with me .
Fiji, the country I have to write an essay about.
As always, Geography Now is making my life easier!
I'm an indofijian (a finindian) and would just like to say...very well researched and we'll said...love this ❤️❤️
Ahh nice, love how you chose Fiji to follow Australia. I'm Australian-Fiji/Indian. My dad aussie my mum and her family born in Ba Fiji, but they have Indian traditions.
Amazing job on the Fijian pronunciation!. Fiji has also close ties to Tonga which can be seen in the Lau islands their traditional dress which is similar to that of the Tongans as they were under Tongan occupation way back when ( I wasn't a history student so take this with a grain of salt)
Many Pacific Islands were under Tonga way back
@@JT-wh3dy lol where and when?
@@nickislander4915 Tui Toga Empire is probably the only true indigenous Empire to have developed in Oceania
Love from Fiji 🇫🇯 to the rest of the world 🗺️
i give barbie's australian accent 9/10 only aussies can get 10/10
Gottahurt The Albertosaurus It was pretty good lmao
Yay I get 10/10
@@mariaflorin4479 Australian with Romanian name?
@@funfoxvlad7309 maria isn’t only a romanian name
@MUFC *Football
hi Fiji love you from India
Hi India love u from Fiji
Hi India from Fiji we love Pakistan. So no thanks
Awww~ Thank you! 😊 Love you too!
-From Fiji
@@MrCool-yx3oh we don't have any problem if you love Pakistan... That's our son bruh!!!.. We won't get into youngers' stupidity.. You can carry on..
@@MrCool-yx3oh no problem... You have the right to love whoever u want to 👍
Love to fiji and the peoples of Fiji from🇮🇳🇮🇳❤️
I love Fiji! My mums family is from there and I've visited 9 times now :)
ohhh that great, im from fiji
thanx for loving fiji
Same it’s pretty beautiful there
You're not Fijian lol, you are Indian and will always be. Stop pretending and please leave our lands
@@apiklalawhat-
Couldn't find it on my notifications yesterday.
Muchie same
Muchie same here as well.
same, missed it
Ye same
Same. I found this in my recommended videos.
I only knew this video existed when the Flag Friday showed up...
Same.
me too
Me too!!! How come??
Same! xD
same
That's why I chose Fiji for my geography project.
Love from fiji
@@sabnamlata970 are you indian fiji
@@mcpeguru4060 yes
Yeah I was thinking about that too.
Small country great diversity!
Long live Fiji 🇫🇯✨!!
-🇮🇳💙
Awesome video.
New Zealand is definitely Fiji's best friend. Going to Fiji for a holiday as a Kiwi is like how Aussies go to Bali in Indonesia.
Not only is Fiji water A E S T H E T I C, but the arquipelago it self follows the Fibonacci sequence, making it all even more A E S T H E T I C and I R O N I C
I r o n y
W O K E
T H I C C
@@V-KotikKugeln S U C C
Hahaha
Nice episode once again. It's simply amazing to hear all of this information from countries I know nothing about. Even the episodes from other nearby European countries have included really interesting and little known facts and I was surprised to hear that the episode about Estonia was featured in some piece of online news. And now, the waiting is almost over, we finally get to see the Finland episode, something I've been waiting for a long time!
Bula vinaka! I'm from Rotuma and a proud Fijian💕 this is legit good...love that you did a great job doing your research on our country. Keep it up👏 vinaka vakalevu and foi'eksia 💕
Once I start my journey around the world (which I will start at 21) I will LOVE Fiji love from America, 🇫🇯❤️🇺🇸
Bula and Well done!!! Research and pronunciations on point!!! ❤️❤️❤️🙌🏾👌🏾 Come visit Fiji some time 😊🏖🏝🇫🇯
stay tuned for Fiji, he said
It's coming on Wednesday, he said
Samovar maker ok
This is a great, quick and entertaining intro to fiji. Well done! Living here since 1991 I confirm it's all true .
Noticing a huge increase in quality in this video! Good stuff Barbie! Keep up the good work! :D
Thank you for making geography entertaining!!! Also, thank you for doing a video on Fiji!! Great job on lots of the other South Pacific Islands too!! I look forward to watching lots of your videos. My husband & I are fans!!
Hi Fiji...see you two weeks from now,. Im excited 🙂
@Taken Apart so much fun specially when we been to sand bar it's in the middle of the ocean...omg that's my first time and if I have a chance I want to go back again....sad part I don't have picture because I'm scared to make it wet my camera..huhu
Hey don't come. You're going to spread co Rona here and we don't want you
4:58 WOW!!! that purple-flowered tree is the same I have in my front door, Lagerstroemia indica, and Im from Argentina.
Yay I'm from Fiji...tbh Fiji is the king of 7's they are also gold medalist of Tokyo Olympic 2020
Proud to be a Fijian 🇫🇯
Many respects 🇫🇯 from 🇬🇧
Oceanian countries are so cool!! I think they're the last part of the world with a culture semi-unknown to the West. They are like hidden gems in the countries list every 1-2 years there's one. Next stop Kiribati.
Well you'd be wrong with the last semi-unknown culture thing as there are numerous indigenous cultures around the world from Russia to India to China to the Caucasus and Africa that the West are clueless about.
SUM1 yes you're right, but they are minorities inside bigger states.
Will Kiribati last long enough for Paul to cover them? :(
Yes! Some Oceanic languages are CRAZY.
+Zirylian what do you mean the languages are crazy? lol
Awesome bro! Very interestingly done. Bula from Fiji 🇫🇯 ❤️🙏
Indeed my Fiji 🇫🇯 is 1of the friendliest island nation. GOD BLESS FIJI 🇫🇯 ❤️
this is great and I love that you mentioned rotuma a few times it would be amazing if you could do a video on Rotuma by itself,
the "Mamanuka" islands are actually the Mamanuca islands which is pronounced Mamanutha just fyi!
Awesome video! Just FYI Fiji is actually a cross between Melanesia and Polynesia. The Eastern part of Fiji and the outer islands have strong ties with Tonga. Other than that I think you represented my people very well
Soo proud of my country Fiji 🇫🇯❤💙💓💖♥🇫🇯
Thank you for creating this video about Fiji islands.
Not many videos out there talking about this beautiful country.
Omg, bula from Fiji. As I laughed and enjoyed every bit of this video. Thank you for putting an amazing piece on my homeland.
Vinaka Geography Now Team 🇫🇯
Welcome to world of slavic languages, where kava is coffee
lol
Livin' My Life and in Poland :p
i which country? Becuase in mine coffee means kafé.
Aladeen period?
Estonia is BALTIC, Not Balkan. BALKAN is souh east Europe, like Bulgaria, and Serbia
Barby, about "Tonga". You've pronounced it Tong-ga, and I suppose that's common (wikipedia gives it as an alternative), but the Tongan language doesn't have the hard G sound; the Tongans I know say the "ng" like in English "singing", not like "finger".
Correct :)
That’s helpful
I'm from Australia and i have noticed a small politcol rivalry between Fiji and Australia... due to the coup and other minor issues... overall i beleive our nations get along well and our peopls get along famously but politics is a differant story. :)
I guess that's why they always say, 'Politics aside', we're all humans because humans invented politics and politicians are humans, lol _____ I am finishing my degree at an Australian University and thanks to your government for offering me and many of my country men scholarships. PEACE
Sad truth isn't it, politics is always the usual culprit in what's otherwise beautiful countries
Fiji are too good at Rugby 7’s from a Brit 🇬🇧 What an achievement. Small population but so unbelievably talented, amazing 😍
Dude .. you rock ... very good accurate information of Fiji (my home country). Thanks for sharing.
Nice! You nailed a lot of the nuanced stuff, like ethnic tension and the melanesian-but-kinda-polynesian culture.
Sad fact: Some Fijians were enslaved and taken to Australian sugar cane plantations in the 19th century. That's not often talked about :(
this video didn't even show up in my subscription box!
Nils Wendel Same.
It appeared to me a day later
Same
Same! I got the notification but couldn't watch it until a day later.
Same, I never got it
Visited in March 2020, just before Fiji went into lockdown. The beaches are pure heaven, the people awesome, very similar to beautiful Vanuatu. Tried kava, which is quite mild. Would highly recommend to people who love warm paradises and beaches
hello from Fiji islands. we are proud FIJIANS.winning gold medal in Olympics 2020 in rugby 7s again after 2016.
Watching video from fiji. Thanks to this amazing dude for introducing us. Thanks man, love from Fiji.
i heard of Fiji for the 1st time, in the Tv Series Lost, the oceanic tried to land in FIJI before crashing.
Not the Truman Show?
Uday Rana Well, im 24, and lost started in 2004, i was 12 years old i guess... so.. not that sad haha
Really ? Then something must be very questionable in your education system.
LOST is a great show!
I use to watch lost from Fiji it was really good show and prison break hehe
Proud to be a Fijian 🇫🇯🇫🇯
WTF HOW DID I MISS THE VIDEO BY 2 DAYS??!!?!11! NO NOTIFICATIONS NO APPEARING IN MY SUBS BOX??
Ayy same lol
Ayy same happened to me
Curious, I had the same experience. Still, the video itself was as usual excellent - that's the important thing :)
Same here. Ohhhh BARBIE :P
same
Love to Fiji🇫🇯 from Denmark 🇩🇰
The Truman Show, Jim Carrey, I always remember Fiji for that :D
Is there a link?
When I was in FIJI i had 1 litre of Kava in one night......I have never been sicker before in my entire life. Also just a heads up, Kava literally tastes like dirt mixed with dishwater.
I dont think its a drink made for the taste buds but for the effect.
Nick Pannerz Than why did you drink one litre of it?
actually not, Kava means coffee on Georgian, Coffee (Kofe) is on slavic (Russian)
Swazzer Cool I mean northern slavic languages
Bregalad01 cool, as well as in baltic languages it means "coffee"
Love Fiji 🇫🇯from 🇦🇺🇦🇶
wow that was a good australian accent 😂
james dyson it was a New Zealand accent
Saddy No, not even close.
Never heard it from a native Melbournian... or any other Australian (Been all over this island)
The closest accent to that would be NZ however it was bad, he did the Australian accent much better in East timor episode
***** I am a New Zealander, the vowels are totally different.
Discovered I was part Fijian a few months ago. :)
lol, Gao is Gau and Mamanuka is Mamanuca, thanks for sharing Fiji to the world :-)
I literally have an Fiji water bottle right next to me, I'll drink it while watching this episode
The Coral cool
How was it?
stupid fiji water
@@marcitustangens9251 Yeah, like it is really from Fiji...
@@marcitustangens9251 why ???
Peace, love and tranquility to my Fijian brother's and sister's from Guyana 🇬🇾 ❤️💚💛🖤 🇫🇯
Bula.
Lol we INDIANS are everywhere...😂😂😂😂
Love from INDIA
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY INDIA..🙏🙏🇮🇳🇮🇳😊😊😊
Indians were even in Jamaica
That’s a problem!
@Taken Apart have no idea what you're saying pal!
LOL indians r even in Jamaica Trinidad south Africa and more....
Pretty much in places that were under British rule anyways
Now that was a more accurate and related video of Fiji. Wasn't biased like any others. I made a thumbs-up for how lively and lovely you were throughout the vid.. Fiji seems out of place in the Melanesian groups as they are much connected to Polynesia through language,culture,traditions and of course history. New subscriber to Geography Now..
Bula vinaka.
I totally love this channel! Hugs from Brazil!
why am i so excited for finland
Because Finland is extremely dangerous and may attack at any time, so we must deal with it.
CROATIAN KILLA because we have good rally accent
Because maybe you have red us Finns waiting it and it is finally coming!
rayelgatubelo
Dont Joke!
Dont Hack Likes To Your Comments.
Kako si
Love Fiji from Canada
Love all your videos, Barby! Always loved geography since I was a kid & your videos are a fun & cheerful way to bring geography to the masses. Welcome back & keep up the great work! :)
Have lived in Fiji for 8 years now. Pretty good video! Only critique was the bizarre spelling for the Mananuca's on the image for the island group. Well done, thanks! Now I have a video I can send to my folks back in my country of origin that summarizes things quite nicely.
I love my Fijians! 👍🏾. Do more on the Pacific Islands like mine Tonga 🇹🇴 🙂 thank you for your videos
3:36 "Kava" is litarally croatian for "coffee"
Did u ever tasted it?
If no...
U r wrong....☺
Why isnt this video in my sub-box? glad I could watch this through notifications.
Masturofbating Sammeeee
I think what he did was he uploaded the video, then quickly made it private, making it so it wouldn't show up in your sub-box. I got here because my old iOS 6 iPod still has the old notification system, so when the video went up, even though he made it private, the notification never leaves, which allows me to view the video whenever I want.
I don't know why he even uploaded it in the first place, but it's probably for his Patrons, or maybe he's testing something out.
Makes sense
He actually explained on Facebook that he accidentally uploaded it early so a bunch of people saw it early.
+gelko Yeah I figured
WEIRD. why can't I find this video on my notification tab or in your channel?
Its in privatee
me too....
Same
Me too
7:29 we reap the wind and the sky when the sun is high
We sail the lengths of the seas on the ocean breeze
At night we name every star
We know where we are
We know who we are, who we are........
Fiji is also where Survivor has been filmed for many years.
Love Fiji 🇫🇯 From Finland 🇫🇮
Its funny, New Zealand and Fiji seem so culturally different but they are both like the biggest rugby players. Then you do remember they are actually quite close
Love fiji from India 🇮🇳❤🇫🇯. as we speak Hindi
If you are a student at a primary school in Australia, you probably had like two children in the same class as you who have been to Fiji. It one of the most holiday places for Australians aside Bali and New Zealand.
Fun fact: When Kaliya surrendered to Krishna. He promised that he would not harass anybody. So Krishna pardoned him and then let him leave the river and go back to Ramanik Dwip(Present Day Fiji). Moreover, native Fijians also believed in a serpent-god called Dengei.
The pictures of blonde hair people you used are of Solomon Islanders and Papua New Guineans.
Thank you for doing an episode on a melanesian country! Hopefully you can do Papua New Guinea in a future episode of yours!
So proud to be part of fiji!
Great work man, I have to get my kids to watch your channel so they can learn about countries in a fun away.
Cheers. 🍻👍
As a Fijian i can say that Cava we leave in the ground for 6 years then we take it out grind it and usually when our chief comes we drink that