'We Live, Die Here' Says Methodist Church President To Descendants Of Girmitiyas
"Thank you for your kindness, spirit of harmony and the spirit of friendship, which we the iTaukei, are known for and this is how the indentured laborers were protected,” Reverend Vunisuwai said.
Friday 12 May 2023 | 16:00
Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma president Reverend Dr Ili Vunisuwai. File
Stay in Fiji and call this your home, you are not foreigners because you are part of us and we will live here and die here!
This was the message of assurance yesterday by the president of the Methodist Church in Fiji, Reverend Ili Vunisuwai, to the descendents of the Girmitiyas who came to Fiji in the ship Syria that was shipwrecked on Nasilai Reef.
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"Thank you for your kindness, spirit of harmony and the spirit of friendship, which we the iTaukei, are known for and this is how the indentured laborers were protected,” Reverend Vunisuwai said.
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