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Thank You for Celebrating Fijian Tradition with Pacific Blue Foundation!
Read More: Thank You for Celebrating Fijian Tradition with Pacific Blue Foundation!Thanks to your support and interest, our third Veitau Waqa racing event at Suva Harbour on Saturday, 15 October 2011, was a success! Over 700 individuals were captivated by the revival of Fijian tradition as 16 sailors set out to compete in the double sailor and single sailor races.
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Emma Robens Wins 2010 Panda Award
Read More: Emma Robens Wins 2010 Panda AwardWednesday, October 13, 2010 After diligently working alongside Austin Bowden-Kerby, Emma Robens’ time paid off. Her short nature film, The Coral Gardener, was announced the winner of the Panda Award at Wildscreen on October 13th, 2010.
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Traditional Sailing Boat Races
Read More: Traditional Sailing Boat RacesThe traditional sailing boat in Fiji comes in many sizes and designs from the twin hulled drua, the outrigger single-hulled camakau to the smaller takia. Pacific Blue Foundation held a traditional sailing boat racing event on 23 January, 2010, Veitau Waqa – the boat lives to create greater awareness and ongoing support for preserving the…
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Veitau Waqa – The Boat Lives
Read More: Veitau Waqa – The Boat LivesMaritime skills have long been a major part of Fijian culture, particularly Fijian expertise in seafaring vessels. The waqa ni viti is a traditional sailing boat with designs and sizes that vary from the twin hulled drua, to the outrigger single-hulled camakau, to the smaller takia. Use of these traditional Fijian canoes, however, has slowly faded from…
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PBF REVIEW 2008
Read More: PBF REVIEW 2008ea solet semper bonorum ut. Vis causae euismod id, ei his brute mediocritatem. Te melius insolens indoctum mea, no nec veniam nonumy dissentiet. Usu labore mediocrem honestatis eu, vim in graeci appellantur. Duo tollit sanctus deterruisset ad, cu quo everti eripuit.
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Welcome to the Pacific Blue Foundation
Read More: Welcome to the Pacific Blue FoundationPacific Blue Foundation is dedicated to conserving cultural and biological diversity in South Pacific Island Nations and other coastal regions. Pacific Blue Foundation provides basic research, education, encouragement and dissemination of sustainable practices in coastal regions with the ultimate goal of preserving and promoting the biological and cultural diversity of the region.
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Camakau races held at the Suva Harbour waterfront
Read More: Camakau races held at the Suva Harbour waterfrontFiji Times, Saturday, January 23, 2010 A large crowd of islanders gathered on Saturday afternoon on the Suva Harbor foreshore for three races of camakau, or traditional outrigger sailing canoes.
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Traditional Skills Hark Back to Past
Read More: Traditional Skills Hark Back to PastTraditional skills hark back to past Fiji Times, Sunday, January 24, 2010
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Rocket Stoves to Totoya
Read More: Rocket Stoves to TotoyaFiji Times, Thursday, January 21, 2010 About 90 households in Totoya, in Lau, will soon enjoy cooking on smokeless stoves donated by the Pacific Blue Foundation.
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