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For
every thousand people in the world,
only one will come from the South Pacific.
Nevertheless, about a quarter of the
world's languages are spoken here, and
each island has its own culture and
traditions. |
The photo shows a Samoan boy's tattoos,
one tradition that began in the South
Pacific.
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find out more. |
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©Eye
Ubiquitous/James Davis Worldwide |
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Some
South Pacific countries are more crowded
than others. Use the table to work out
how many people there are for every
square kilometre. This way, you can
see which countries are the most crowded.
if
you need some help.
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| Country |
American
Samoa |
Fiji |
Kiribati |
Tonga |
Tuvalu |
Western
Samoa |
Vanuatu |
Land
size in
square kilometres |
199 |
18,270 |
717 |
748 |
26 |
2,860 |
12,200
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| Number
of people |
67,084 |
844,330 |
94,149 |
104,227 |
10,991 |
179,058 |
192,910 |
for
the answers.
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©Eye
Ubiquitous/James Davis Worldwide |
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| In
Fiji, many traditions have been
passed from one generation to
another. Some Fijians still make
houses called burés. These
are made from local materials
like reeds, bamboo and palm fronds
that are woven together to make
a thatched house. Inside the buré,
families eat, sleep and even work
together in one big room. |
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the evening, many people
chat and share stories together
over a drink of kava. Kava
is a drink made of a root
of a plant that you can
see in the photo. The root
is smashed into a pulp and
mixed with water. Sitting
in a circle, the kava is
passed round in a coconut
shell bowl. People in many
South Pacific islands have
been drinking kava for 3,000
years. After several cups
of kava, your tongue tingles
a little and it helps you
relax at the end of the
day. |
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©Heldur
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The
person who hands round the kava is often
the village chief. He is an important
person in every village. In the more
remote villages, the chief is the advisor,
policeman, judge all rolled into one!
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chief is not the only important person.
Every grandmother has an important role
to play. While the parents are out working,
granny is in charge of the children
until they reach 16 years old. She prepares
their lunch and sees them off to school.
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©Simon
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What
do the children eat for lunch? Do they
have sandwiches or chips for lunch like
me? |
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do, but they might eat a Fijian favourite
like corned beef and coconut milk wrapped
in steamed taro leaves instead. Taro
leaves are a bit like spinach and they
grow easily in Fiji. Corned beef comes
from overseas. In the past, ships used
to stop in Fiji's ports and exchange
corned beef for some local fruit and
vegetables. Some tins of corned beef
used to be washed up on the islands'
beaches after a shipwreck. |
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After
school, Granny might tell her grandchildren
one of the old Fijian legends. Thanks
to the legend of Dakuwaqa, none of the
children on Kadavu island are scared
of sharks when they go swimming.
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read the story and find out why. |
Once
you have read the story, you can write
your own storyboard about Dakuwaqa.
Think how you could divide the story
up into six parts, each with its own
picture and short description.
to print out a storyboard for you to
draw your pictures and write your descriptions.
You
will need Macromedia Flash player to
view this interractive diary click on
the icon to download it.
Download Time Estimate: 30 secs @ 56K
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