Bula Vinka

Bula, Ni Sa Bula or Bula Vinka all mean hello in Fiji.

Some Facts about Fiji:

• it is an island so is surrounded by water
• there are more than 300 islands 
• native people from Fiji are Melanesians
• lots of tourists like to visit Fiji because the weather is hot
• it is a Pacific Island

We have been learning about different types of foods people eat in Fiji.

They eat a lot of root crops like yams, cassava, kumala and of course dalo or taro.

They also like to drink coconut water, cook food in coconut cream, boil green bananas, breadfruit and eat fruit like mangoes and pawpaws.

A lot of seafood is eaten.  You can also see them sucking on sugar canes.

Fijians favourite cooking method is doing a lovo (an underground oven) which is same as hangi.  They also like to boil and steam their food.



We shared our findings with other classes in our syndicate and found out that most of the foods that people eat in Fiji is very similar to those in other Pacific countries.






Next week we are going to find out about different types of shelters people in Fiji use.

Ni Sa Moce for now ( that means see you again)