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 * Adam Breneman**
 * Pd.3 Honors Global**
 * 1/28/11**

**Fijians** The official language of the Fijians' is English. Most people there speak English, but they also speak Bauan. Bauan is a mix of three hundred different dialects, from all over Fiji based on how the indigenous people This makes up Fijian. The written form of Fijian was first developed in 1850. Since there are many different dialects and cultures across Fiji many people have become bilingual.
 * Language**

The major religions in Fiji, are Hinduism, Methodist, Islam, and Western Catholic. The majority of Fijians are Western Catholic. Also, every Sunday is reserved for church, there is no work or play on this day, just like the sabbath. Many Fijian beliefs circle around story telling, witchcraft and folklore, some of the stories are based on fact but others are mostly based on fiction. An example of this would be their beliefs and myths of their different Gods that originated around the indigenous people. Fijians' have many different important values. One value, is that the children must respect there elders and the hierarchy of the Fijian society. Respect and strict obedience is always expected of the children in Fiji. Another value is family, many Fijians' live with there extended family, this is called nuclear family. Also The largest social unit for Fijians is the Yavusa, this has made a hierarchy in Fiji based off the blood line of the indigenous people.
 * Beliefs**
 * Values**

Fiji has many behaviors or social "norms" that are usually followed. One of these is that a man could have more than one wife at a time. The more wives a man had, the higher his social status was. A chief would have many wives. A divorce is easy to come by for men or women. The clothing the Fijians' wore was mainly grass skirts, now a days men and women still wear skirts but there more modern. Men even integrated there skirts in with western business attire for the work place. In the work force, women usually remain at home and men work, but everyone receives the same education, also for arts and crafts women will sew and men will create poetry. The Fijian culture is changing just as much as any other culture. The main change is the internet. The internet is playing a growing role as a new means of communication for the Fijians. Also, emails and cell phone text messages are allowing immediate communication at low costs. The internet is serving as an emerging medium of cultural learning. There is a major influence in European and Asian culture that is modernizing, not only in what Fijians' wear but it is effecting there music too, in what they listen and play.
 * Behaviors**
 * Cultural Change**

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