Fijian Language Week 2020

October 4th - 10th, 2020

UK Fijian Language Week 2020 was spearheaded by Marama Alliance UK with the help from our friends in Aotearoa, the Ministry for Pacific Peoples (MPP) - and supported by the Fijian High Commission in the UK.

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The week commenced with a short lotu on the MAUK Facebook page, followed by various live sessions such as an intergenerational dialogue on language and a talanoa with Dr Katringa Igglesden about masi. 

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We also held a Fijian serekali (poetry) competition that was open to all children aged 7-17 years old. The competition was won by the Tatawaqa siblings, John (aged 11) and Sylvia (aged 9).

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The week was extremely successful in the sense that we were able to encourage conversations within the community about the importance of speaking, teaching and learning our language.

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For more information and to see what we did, visit our Instagram and Facebook pages.

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