Black and white image of a group of Fijians most dressed in white with their buinugas (Afros)
Rare photo of one of my Fijian aunties in the 70s with her net ball team in Lautoka #BlackAndBeautiful #Melanesian #Fijian 🌺
More fun with my more cartoon-like style... #african #africanamerican #egyptian #melanesian #blackwomen #womenofcolor #art
My volunteer work at the Museum currently involves working on new labels to appear in a series of displays featuring Melanesian body ornaments. When I look at the objects in the display cases, what stand out - with their striking contrast of dark and white in mysterious geometric patterns - are the '#kapkaps'. The name sounds rather cute, doesn't it?
My volunteer work at the Museum currently involves working on new labels to #Melanesian body ornaments. When I look at the objects in the display cases, what stand out - with their striking contrast of dark and white in mysterious geometric patterns - are the '#kapkaps'. The name sounds ra
Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts? #asiapacificreport #analysis #LaurensIkinia #WestPapua #development #culture #indigenous #melanesian @conversationidn.bsky.social @westpapuamedia.bsky.social #RadioWaatea #PacificNews
asiapacificreport.nz/2026/01/27/j...
#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn't just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️ @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2025/06/22/g...
#AlbertBuellLewis (June 21, 1867 – October 10, 1940) was the first American anthropologist to conduct a systematic, long-term field study in Melanesia, A. B. Lewis is best remembered for the collection and documentation of over 14,000 #Melanesian objects gathered in the
#AlbertBuellLewis (June 21, 1867 – October 10, 1940) was the first American anthropologist to conduct a systematic, long-term field study in Melanesia, A. B. Lewis is best remembered for the collection and documentation of over 14,000 #Melanesian objects gathered in the
#AlbertBuellLewis (June 21, 1867 – October 10, 1940) was the first American anthropologist to conduct a systematic, long-term field study in Melanesia, A. B. Lewis is best remembered for the collection and documentation of over 14,000 #Melanesian objects gathered in the
#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn't just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️ @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2025/06/22/g...
#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn't just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️ @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2025/06/22/g...
#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn't just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️ @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2025/06/22/g...
March 1967. Portrait of a Fijian Chief. Suva, Fiji Photo by P.A.T Association #1960s #history #Fiji #suva #melanesian #culture
March 1967. Portrait of a Fijian Chief. Suva, Fiji
Photo by P.A.T Association
#1960s #history #Fiji #suva #melanesian #culture
#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn’t just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️ @palmoildetect palmoildetectives.com/2025/06/22/g...
ca 1855-1899. Studio portrait of man from Fiji Photo by: John W. Waters Source: The Peabody Museum/Harvard University He’s holding a war club and sitting down in front of a tribal background
Ca 1855-1899.
Studio portrait of man from Fiji
Photo by: John W. Waters
Source: The Peabody Museum/Harvard
University
#history #culture #fiji #fijian #melanesian
#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn't just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️ @palmoildetect palmoildetectives.com/2025/06/22/g...
#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn't just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️ @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2025/06/22/g...
#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn't just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️ @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2025/06/22/g...
#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn't just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️ @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2025/06/22/g...
#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn't just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️ @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2025/06/22/g...
#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn't just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️ @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2025/06/22/g...
#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn't just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️ @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2025/06/22/g...
#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn't just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️ @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2025/06/22/g...
#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn't just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️ @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2025/06/22/g...
#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn't just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️
If you were looking for Melanesian food in central London where would you go??
Apparently it's different from Polynesian!
#melanesian
Satellite imagery of shoreline on Murray island, collection of five large stone fish traps, source Google Maps
The Mer/Murry Island, #Torres Strait Island Region, #Queensland, #Australia is home to the indigenous #Melanesian #Meriam people. The shores of the island her started with huge complex of stone fish weirs constructed out of coral rock. 1/10
#coastalhistory #coastalheritage
youtu.be/atUCpvBNK_M?... Sakiusa Bolicokocoko 🥲 #fijianmusic #fiji #melanesian
Beautiful Women on the Move: Fiji 🇫🇯 is available now. Enjoy!
#celebratewomen #Women #Beautiful #Fiji #Fijian #melanesian #Polynesian #Oceania #ai #aiart #aiartcommunity #aianimation #f4f #followforfollow #followback #subscribe
Internationally renowned author Mary Rokonadravu of #Fiji brought our attention to #Melanesian Arts and Cultural Festival- #MACFEST2026. Held in #Fiji. A must attend. Seeking Festival co-ordinator.
