Fijian

On Wednesday afternoon Fijian time, Slater was poised to surf against Hawaiian Sebastian Zietz in a quarterfinal heat.

We crossed the river several times, and I was carried across by a huge Fijian whose head and neck were covered with lime.

That evening a big Fijian dance (“meke-meke”), was given in my honour.

I noticed that many Fijian women were tattooed on the hands and arms, and at each corner of the mouth (a deep blue colour).

The Fijian tradition certainly dates from a few years before the beginning of the last century.

Here was a future Fijian statesman in the process of formation.