Going to a Hindu Wedding in Fiji

[@naliniseecharan7630]

I am from Guyana SouthAmerica 🇬🇾....and everything here is exactly what we do in my beautiful country....I think Guyana,Trinidad,Fiji Mauritius,Suriname and South Africa....has the same culture where Indians were taken from India as indentured labourers...trust me we have come along way....all my love from Guyana 🇬🇾

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Glad you liked it. I’m preparing a vlog on the indenture system.

[@naliniseecharan7630]

@@ThePaleBlueDot ....Nice looking forward...one love

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

@@naliniseecharan7630, well said. 🙏🏽🫶🏾

[@tibupanda3648]

@@ThePaleBlueDot Don't 4get South Africa.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Of course, especially Durban. :)@@tibupanda3648

[@nigelboodhansingh6854]

I live on the island of Trinidad and Tobago which is more than 8k miles from Fiji and almost everything about this ceremony is like ours. Our people, the saris , kurtas, the pundit and even the drums and as well the scenery looks so unbelievably much alike. And u would be warmly welcome to a hindu home without an invitation as well. Happy to see that our culture is still alive no matter what part of the world Indians live

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Yes, indeed. I've been amazed at the response in the Indian Diaspora worldwide to this vlog. People of Indian origin in Trinidad, Surinam, South Africa, Guyana, Mauritius, and other countries have been leaving fascinating comments like your own. I think I may be doing another one this weekend.

[@nigelboodhansingh6854]

@@ThePaleBlueDot Maybe one day you'll make it to our Caribbean island and be blown away by our hospitality too

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

@@nigelboodhansingh6854 Would love to and perhaps do a wedding or other cultural vlog in the Indian community from there. My great-grandmother on my father's side was from Trinidad during the time of indentured Indian labour.

[@premgangaram8811]

Hi Nigel, thanks for your most interesting and well described comment posted. I could not have said it better. I was born in Trinidad but have migrated. I do remember all the weddings that I attended while living on the beautiful island. This video brought back so many pleasant memories. Our culture brought to their new lands by our forefathers is still well and alive. Thanks for the blog Pale blue Dot. I enjoyed watching every minute of your video.

[@adityaaman804]

Namste Nigel ji, Do you know anything about your native state here in India. I can help you if you want to connect.

[@anne-mariedebidien7434]

Badhaai ho dulha dulhin. This is how we still celebrate in Suriname and in Holland. Traditions May never get lost. Very nice to see you also have not lost our original tradition.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you, Anne-Marie Debidien. One of these days I hope to record a Hindu wedding in Suriname. It would be an amazing experience.

[@Rahul-qd2sl]

You know bhojpuri😀🥹love from India 🙏😊

[@kroy8564]

Excellent, overwhelmed to see Hindus in Fiji, they're following Hindus culture as we follow in India. Lots of love from India

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you! I intend to show more customs and traditions of Indo-Fijians. :)

[@kroy8564]

@@ThePaleBlueDot really sir, my heart is always eager to see Indians who migrated far away. Love from India.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

@@kroy8564 Thank you!

[@anitadc1960]

@@kroy8564 they were not migrated,they were taken by British to work as a slave in sugarcane farm in Fiji 🇫🇯 but the poor people were never sent back home to their families

[@kroy8564]

@@anitadc1960 I really miss, my country brother and sisters. Be happy and safe.

[@Putin_USSR]

I'm from India and Seeing our traditions at every corner of the World is Calming 🧡

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

I'm glad you liked it! 😃👍🏽✌🏽

[@tolykozin]

Lovely to see the love and devotion you have shown in keeping the great hindu traditions alive even though Fiji is so far away from India. May Krishna bless you all!

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

So glad you enjoyed it. 🫶🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽👍🏽👏🏽😃

[@narainpoorai162]

I am from Durban , South Africa and we also conduct a Hindi wedding in the very same way.Congrats to the couple on a very well conducted wedding and may they be blessed.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thanks for watching, Narain. :)

[@mikey1313saveukraine]

I watch the video which is called londa hua re badnaam by asha bhosle

[@forme3h]

Love the fact that they incorporated kava into the Hindu wedding. Much Aloha!

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Yes! It's very big at Indo-Fijian weddings these days. 😃😃👍🏽😎👌🏽✌🏽

[@rameshjuyal3349]

Very nice. From DehraDun , India.Wonderful Hindu culture still alive in Fiji.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you, Ramesh. 😃

[@christianasanichar9321]

This is beautiful.. identical to Guyanese/west indian Hindu weddings.. Decor,food, culture/tradition, even the Tassa and Bhariat arrival and the Fathers greeting each other...wonderful to see that our cultures are same, brought to the West Indies by our fore parents..

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you, Christiana. I had a gut feeling this vlog would have a big impact with the Indian diaspora community. I'm already planning to do more weddings, cultural functions, etc. as well as over other aspects of life of all communities in Fiji and the Pacific. There is a 'Girmit Centre' in the neighbouring city of Lautoka. 'Girmit' is a corruption of the word 'agreement' detailing the indenture experience of Indo-Fijians. Once Covid restrictions ease, they'll start having functions there and I will endeavour to do vlogs from there.

[@rashikagovindasamy8258]

​@@ThePaleBlueDottxxx. I always wondered why they referred to the indenture contract as girmit

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

@@rashikagovindasamy8258 yes, “Girmit” was the Indian version of the English word, “Agreement”. 😃

[@OSinghGyallll]

It's crazy in Guyana weddings the music is exactly the same with the singing and tassa drums. So much like Caribbean Indian wedding!!! 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

I hope one day to experience Indo-Caribbean weddings to really appreciate the similarities. 😃✌🏽👍🏽👌🏽🙏🏽

[@sureelireddy6823]

I’m an Indo- Fijian living in NZ… I miss the weddings of Fiji. Nowdays the hired halls have replaced these tin sheds. This was so much better and so much fun!

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

It was tons of fun! What amazing people to treat me with so much courtesy even though I had just turned up!

[@charuuppal7043]

Also better for communities....and more nature friendly

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

@@charuuppal7043 Absolutely! :)

[@Aryan_Kashyap]

U guys use bhojpuri 🥺

[@anitadc1960]

@@Aryan_Kashyap there is two main islands in Fiji 🇫🇯 the other island call vanua Levu ,people do talk Bohjpuri and the wedding is the same

[@billaraghu4914]

Great 👍 great 👍 my brother,s & sister s ... when ever we livening .. but we are Hindu s & sanatani sanskar never forget ... love ❤️ u my fejii Hindu s ......

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you! 😃🫶🏽👏🏽👍🏽👌🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽

[@HashebAnzar]

Wow I can't believe this happening so far away from India. This exactly the same custom I see in my country. Thank you so much for showing this.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@billaraghu4914]

WOW ..my hindu brother,s & sister,s don't forget (sanatani ) hindu Daram .. love you ❤️❤️❤️ my fejii Hindu s ....

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you very much! 😃🙏🏽👍🏽👏🏽👍🏽👏🏽🙏🏽

[@marilynr409]

Y’all haven’t lost anything I think I’m back home in Trinidad exactly the same way people look exactly the same that I said the drums the wedding or the decoration etc.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

I hope to post more wedding videos, Bruh Bruh. It's always interesting to hear how Indo-Fijian weddings compare with other parts of the world.

[@SimSwap]

@@ThePaleBlueDot yes 👍 💙

[@malapanchoosingh9693]

A true Indian, weather will never stop them from wearing their finest attire and looking very beautiful. Beautiful wedding 🕉🌺🕉

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Yes, totally agree. This family are so nice. They’ve got big hearts. 👍🏽👏🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽🫶🏽

[@alangovender9055]

I am from South Africa it's all the very same here, the music, the ritiuals, the dance is awe inspiring its gratifying to see that our hindu values hasn't changed in all corners of the globe, congratulations

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

So glad you liked it. There is more similar content on my channel. 😃

[@charuuppal7043]

No surprise there. I got invited to a wedding in my first month in the country...and I knew no one except a friend of a friend. That is Indian culture and also fijian culture. Thanks so much for sharing this. I have footage from a wedding too, (someone I knew)....and need to put that together to share with people. This is so joyful!! May you continue to make such fun videos. Thankyou for giving us images of Fiji to bring sun into our lives...

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Beautifully put, Charu! Thank you! I aim to put out more vlogs showing weddings, cultural events, etc. I've been so pleased with the overwhelmingly warm response (there have been a few haters but I've deleted their comments) that it's encouraged me to keep going! :)

[@charuuppal7043]

@@ThePaleBlueDot I do want to add something else here. Since I have studied the indian diaspora, especially Indo-Fijians. Considering that they were brought and kept in such dire circumstances, it was almost impossible to hold on to family values and family life. Very few women were brought, men had to buy their wives. It is a testimony to Indian culture, and the hindu customs, that over a matter of few decades Indo-fijians overturned all that. Kept their values, brought women from hom and established the sanctity of family. No good societies without stable families. Families come with their issues but not having families and the potential of stability that they can provide is not an option. The core has to be maintained. I hope Indo-Fijians ignore bollywood movies that make fun of rituals. Every other movie today shows bride and groom getting cold feet, people running away from the alter, or mandap. These are ways to undermine what the wedding itself stands for. Unilke English and many other languages --in Sanskrit the word for wedding and married life is the same. Vivaah, meaning flow...married life then is a vehicle that carries on through life. Many ups and down, raising children keeps on busy....one wonders why they do it....and yet, grihasthas, those who willingly enter the 'yangna' of married life, are the ones who carry on a society, rituals and traditions. All the things that ultimately make living worth living. Thanks again for doing this.

[@charuuppal7043]

@@ThePaleBlueDot yes, delete the hate comments. No need for them when you are spreading positivity ......thankyou

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

@@charuuppal7043 I agree. Thank you.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

@@charuuppal7043 I can't wait to cover the next wedding or cultural event. I've already made a trip to the Girmit Centre in Lautoka to ask for a programme of events. Things are a little sluggish because of Covid but they will happen and I should be there to cover them.

[@jitsingh3843]

Always enjoyed attending indofijian weddings. It's full of rituals, fun, music, dance, food, colorful clothes etc. Really miss weddings in fiji.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

I love them too! Hopefully, I’ll be attending a lot more in the coming months. Just missed one two weeks ago. Will make a point of vlogging all of them so stay tuned! 😃😃

[@sunderj4774]

As an Indian from India I am extremely glad to see our brothers and sisters settled in those countries are naintaing and preserving our culture.It would be great that you people to build a Replica of Ram Temple current coming up in Ayaodhya because he is the ultimate protector of Hindus.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you for watching. More to come.

[@purnimaram3543]

We have many hindi temples, as well as mosques, gurudwaras, and churches; despite our population being less than a million.

[@sunderj4774]

@@purnimaram3543 Respect Madam thanks for your Quote We have Hindi temples which I am hearing for the first time in my life whereas all the temples in the world are called Hindu temples.

[@vimlayadav2259]

Great and blessings to all fiji indians

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

:)

[@donnared6897]

I have just started watching your videos and so far I have been loving it.Thanks so much,I love Fiji and I'm proud of being born there.Thanks once again.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Glad you like them, Donna! Lots more to come so stay tuned!

[@labyadav]

A lot of respect and love to brothers and sisters of indofijian for preserving our culture so intact .Our ancient Indians were great ,that's why they had passed our invaluable cultures to their descendenrs.So nice weddings songs to hear.Salute from India.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you, Lab. Glad you enjoyed it! 😃😃

[@kuldipsharma5460]

Good to see the Indian culture preserved in a far off country. Proud!

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Yes, tradition very alive here in Fiji. Thank you for watching. 😃✌🏽🙏🏽👌🏽👍🏾👏🏽

[@randysingh6548]

This wedding is exactly the same as in my country guyana. Groom has to pay money to get his shoe back and the tassa and drums with the dancing is same in guyana. Pandit reading is also the same. Fiji and guyanese seem to have the same customs of hindu weddings.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you, randy singh. I have been so pleased, even overwhelmed, with the response to the wedding vlog, I will endeavour to show more of such events.

[@KLuv472]

That’s because our ancestors were from the same place in India. God knows some Guyanese, Trinidadian, Fijians and Surmaines are related

[@mikey1313saveukraine]

@@ThePaleBlueDot I was watching some videos of Independence for Fiji which is from you know 1970

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

@@mikey1313saveukraine Yes, I think I know the ones. I think they're Pathé News, right?

[@vithalrao.bijapur]

Happy to see Indian wedding scene miles away from us...!! They followed all rituals which followed in India..!! Great to see Indian origins celebrating marriage...!!

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Glad you liked it. 😃😃 There’s another one on my channel which went viral. Have a look.

[@jayrajmaywah]

Am from Mauritius. The ceremony is more or less same as over here. Best regards to all of you including the

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you, Jayraj! :)

[@jayrajmaywah]

@@ThePaleBlueDot My pleasure

[@royrdeoraj8300]

Thanks for sharing Guyanese born, grew up in Essex,. In my 20 odd years , never got invited to any of my Mates wedding

[@premgopal4573]

It's so nice of them to invite you to the wedding. Notice how everyone is feeling the heat. Excellent vlog, keep it up, you're going great.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thanks so much, Prem! 😊 There is so much beauty in the world that I want to show through my channel. 😃

[@mariepersaud7027]

Sooooooo. colorfull and very beautiful,love it,❤.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you so much! 🙏🏽✌🏽👍🏽👆🏼👌🏽😃

[@vijaynarayan1936]

Beauty. You have clear crisp videos. Enjoying this video at home in the wet weekend which is expected to continue most of the following week. Thank you tons.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Vinaka, Vijay. I'll be investing in more equipment soon to raise my standards even higher. Yes, lots of rain...

[@OSinghGyallll]

Even the bhagans and mantras exactly identical to Guyana and Trinidad and Jamaica during wedding

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Absolutely. That’s what I’ve learnt from other comments. I’m amazed at how similar they are.

[@babitanarayan2497]

Beautiful Fijian Indian wedding. Weddings in Fiji is always like a ball, so much fun, laughter, enjoyment and celebration. Unfortunately Indian weddings in Australia is just ornamentation not festivity,. Love to attend some weddings in Fiji soon. Great video Azeem, keep up the good work.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thanks, Babita. I had such a great time. The families had such big hearts especially the first wedding I attended. I was like the guest of honour. And the food! Absolutely yummy!

[@jayrajmaywah]

Plse come to Mauritius. Here also it's the same. However, modernisation has its toll the preparation and celebration.

[@kundanblaster774]

I love my indian culture ❤️❤️❤️

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Absolutely!🙏🏽🫶🏽👌🏽🙌🏽👏🏽👍🏽

[@harikaranananthan6276]

🙏💐💐💐💐💐 Super well done thanks for the keeping hindu wadding calculator thanks to Fiji people 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌷🌼🌻🌺💐💞

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you! I hope to cover more of such fascinating events.

[@shiunaresh1141]

I remember our ancestors who maintained our Hindu culture in Fiji life was tough jai hind love you people in Fiji from Melbourne

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you! :)

[@indraseepersad676]

Great job by the tassa men

[@angelic9569]

Hi. From Mauritius. felt i am attending a wedding in my own country. love to visit you people....love

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

You should visit Fiji one day! 😃🙌🏽🇫🇯👌🏽🫶🏽

[@jacenath8197]

Such a fun celebration!! Definitely need to attend more weddings 😁 Thanks for such a great video as always!!

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

I couldn’t believe how much I enjoyed them, Jace. Terrific fun and the hospitality was amazing.

[@Aryan-gs6ky]

Loved to hear Bhojpuri lok geets🤗❤️

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Yes, Indo-Fijians speak Hindi which is Bhojpuri in origin.

[@indraseepersad676]

Love the tasty food and the tassa drums

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

I had to google "Tassa"! Now I know! :)

[@squidjames7735]

In Fiji, you can be invited on the spot ... warm and open culture. Most nations ... you get invited months in advance, or 'stay out'.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

They're certainly very welcoming here.

[@supa7287]

Same as in Trinidad.......

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

@@supa7287 I hope to cover Trinidad one day. My great-grandmother was from there!

[@bissoon4435]

This wedding is similar to our guyanese hindu wedding.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Yes, other Guyanese contributors have also said so. 😃👍🏽✌🏽👌🏽. I'll be vlogging on more Indo-Fijian festivals as soon as they occur. It'll be interesting to see how they compare to those in the Indian Diaspora worldwide such as Guyana.

[@rajr1608]

Thanks for bringing this video.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

It's my pleasure, Raj R! 😃😃

[@nikeeddie9430]

Love watching them just do their own thing and they welcome everyone, so beautiful and im so great full to watch there wedding.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you, Nike.

[@lancefuatimu5749]

Thank you for your upload this video is awesome to watch Wow 10 weddings Congratulations to all the Happy Couples.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you too for watching, Lance. :)

[@indraseepersad676]

Same type of wedding is done in trinidad never miss a family wedding in trinidad

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Wow! Would love to see a wedding out there one day. My great-grandmother was from Trinidad. Ended up as an indentured labourer in Fiji. Long story.

[@renjithlal9404]

Best wishes for a happy married life 🎉💐💐💐💐

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

They’re a really nice couple. 😃🙌🏽👌🏽🫶🏽👍🏽🙏🏽👏🏽

[@ivete5524]

You're soo English in your "rural hamlet" description !😁 a Fijian would probably just describe it as " na noqu i tikotiko " Anyway, the massive backyard, bamboo framed, corrugated roofed sheds for a wedding reception are just so homely and intermit, compared to the fancier hotel/venue receptions. Loved your protective security detail escorting to the wedding as an honoured guest. 👌🏾 The kava session to the side was obvious, seems like you've turned into a kava swiper Azeem 😊 The memories of the smell from the pundits ceremonial smoke making took me back right there. Just a side note tho Azeem, you should have taken off your bucket hat out of courtesy as a special guest, just saying. . . Anyway, I'm probably just mad bcos the shot of you devouring those vegetarian curries with puri, made me soo jealous. Always love your " fly on the wall " vlogs mate , cheers.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

I wish KZbin could give me the ability to give stars for comments! I liked yours so much! Yes, I DID describe it as a rural hamlet without realising it made me sound like I was in the English Cotswolds rather than just off the main road between Lautoka and Nadi. You’re absolutely right! I should have taken off my hat. I think I got caught up in the moment I forgot some of the niceties of the occasion. Yes, the food was amazing and the hospitality even more so. 😃😃

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

@Seta Waisavu Vinaka, Seta! :)

[@bradleysika]

Love the beats 🎧 oh yeah 🎉🎉🎉🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

I know. They're very addictive! 😂😂

[@nishasook1138]

Wow i didnt know Fiji weddings are similar to those in Trinidad. Very interesting and Beautiful

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you, Nisha Sook. In the future, I'll be posting lots more of the same to show how beautiful Fiji is and what an amazing world we live in. :)

[@nishasook1138]

@@ThePaleBlueDot tnx looking forward to it

[@savitriragbir947]

Because we share the same culture our indentured ancestors brought from India so many years ago.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

@@savitriragbir947 Well said. I will be attending lots more such events as soon as Covid eases up.

[@renumishra701]

Ram Ram, i was born in Fiji, proud to be America, now!! Still very much love fiji, lots of things had changed tho. Congratulations to this young couples!! Wedding’s are so much fun. Camera man do the kids call you uncle. Lol

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Yes, the kids called me uncle! 😂 Made me feel old! 😂

[@renumishra701]

@@ThePaleBlueDot Haha You should do a fiji Indian wedding here in USA.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

@@renumishra701 would love to!

[@shakilabalmith6313]

Wow awesome love the simplicity here in South Africa people are very lavish - love this video

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you! That's the feeling I got from other comments: that there is something very heartfelt about it. The families at both weddings were extremely kind to me.

[@XKIMB2021]

Wow beautiful 💓 love Fiji 🇫🇯 (From papua Indonesia)

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you, XKIMB! Are you from West Papua?

[@AswiniThanapati-s8u]

Congratulations happy marriage love from odisha india

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you. 🙏🏽 😃🫶🏽👏🏽

[@netaninaiseruvati7134]

Finishing up with a great band it's Awesome ✌️

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

It certainly was! It made for a very lively occasion!

[@kuldeepkrishanachaudhary7467]

I m proud of you

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you, Kuldeep!

[@dhananjoydas9966]

wonderful. best wishes

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you!

[@harbanshurst3302]

My gosh, such a wonderful blogger you are ! We need more bloggers like you, randomly show up anyway and make the episode about people around you. You remind me of Bold and Bankrupt. A blogger that I follow. Well done mate 👏 👍

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you! I hope you’re following me too! 😎🙏🏽🇫🇯👍🏽

[@harbanshurst3302]

Ofcourse ! I have subscribed you and no doubt I am your new follower. We don't see much of fiji in villagers and streets. I'm a fiji born and bred, residing abroad. Keep up the good work my friend 👏

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

@@harbanshurst3302 Thanks! I will do! Lots of history here! 😃

[@iGoldeneYe]

Simply Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Happy Holidays. Be safe.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you! You too! I see you're a James Bond fan! :)

[@SurendraTiwari-se5zs]

Beautiful culture

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you! 🙏🏽

[@dasbumba5685]

lovely video

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you! 😃👌🏽🫶🏽👍🏽

[@tukstuimaba]

Got a few family friends here too in Sydney but I see them as Fijian not Indo-Fijian 😊 and it goes to everyone there back at home ! And yes I enjoy watching this ! Oh and dang the hat 🤦🏽‍♂️😆 brother….no wonder the groom smiles every time he sees you as you point the cam on him😅😅

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Definitely Fijian, Tuka. I used the Indo-Fijian tag merely for convenience. Yes, my hat! My signature! Makes me look like Indiana Jones!

[@tukstuimaba]

😄 but no one seem to care or mind as they probably know and understand you’re not from around 😁which is normal ! Kinda getting used to see you with that hat too (like a trademark) 😄👍🏽 keep it on buddy 👊🏽

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

@@tukstuimaba I now feel the hat is an integral part of me! :)

[@chanderbhansital-sk8gu]

Bahut bahut achha video sadie Mubarak hay dulha aur dulhin kay

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you! 🙏 😊

[@rajchandra71]

Had to say this...watching this for the second time while working. I remember as kids we would dance (like mischievous monkeys) when the ladies sang. Anyone else remember doing this? By the way Azeem, you are doing a great service to Fiji, bringing the culture to the world. Dare I say you could soon develop a cultural, geographic and historic documentary channel for Fiji.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you, Raj. 😃👍🏽👌🏽 😎 I could have a few more wedding videos coming up soon (I prefer weddings like the one in this vlog where people are so humble and hospitable). I've got so many stories to convey about Fiji. I just need to build up a bigger subscription base before I really launch myself. Eventually, I want to focus on Fiji and the rest of the Pacific (Pasifika). I will have to go back to Italy for a few months to tie up some legal issues regarding my apartment there but rest assured I will be vlogging from Italy ('A Fijian in Matera' will make for some interesting stories!). And possibly Colombia before returning to Fiji. But there are many, many more stories to come!

[@joebravo8813]

16.45 old mate on the dholak on beast mode 😲👏👏👏

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Wow! Those guys can really play it! 😂😂

[@dhrubasengupta7981]

Observing from India. Kolkotta.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Hope you enjoyed it. 😃

[@sarasmaharaj8344]

What a beauty. Love it ♥️💖

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Glad you enjoyed it, Saras! :)

[@jagsingh507]

Nice to see fiji wedding.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Glad you enjoyed it, Jag. :)

[@Letsgetit234]

Loved IT

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Glad you liked it. 😃👍🏽

[@Bdamuni]

Nice one mate…always enjoy your Vlogs

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Cheers, Alipate. :)

[@lakshay8496]

Fun fact! A difference between the two weddings you went to- the first one was with northern Indian traditions while the second one was with South Indian traditions. It may not be as easily noticed but some differences were the clothing styles and the music played in the different weddings. The food also could be different but I didn’t get to see that in the video for the second wedding.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

I had so much to eat at the first wedding, Lakshay, I felt bloated! 😂😂 That's why I couldn't eat at the second one although the father of the bridegroom insisted. By the way, did you mean the first wedding was South Indian? I had payasam for desert at that wedding. Above all else, I was treated with so much courtesy and respect at both weddings it was a very humbling experience for me.

[@lakshay8496]

@@ThePaleBlueDot The first wedding was definitely a North Indian one based on the music and clothing (couldn’t see much of the customs but I’m sure with whatever else I had noticed!) when compared to the second one which I’m sure is South Indian. As for payasam the word payasam in South Indian languages generally refers to any slightly wet dessert though North Indians in Fiji have unanimously associated that word with the wet sweet made of moong daal (while a South Indian would specifically say ‘moong daal payasam’ as they’d call kheer as ‘rice payasam’. Either way that form of payasam has become quite popular with the general Indian population which may be why it was served in the first wedding. You should have tried something at the second wedding as the food cooked by that community is said to be more delicious! Either way thanks for posting these wonderful videos.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

@@lakshay8496 Thank you very much for all that wonderful information you have taken the trouble to write. Now I've got more of an impetus to continue vlogging on other weddings and cultural events. The day before yesterday, I paid a visit to the Girmit Centre in Lautoka to get an indication of their schedule for events. So, more to come!...

[@ranisen7930]

❤❤❤ Same in Guyana, we are India's outside children.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Yes, a common experience. 😃

[@simi7883]

Beautiful video

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Vinaka Simione! :)

[@simi7883]

You welcome

[@pavanpeswani3878]

Very nice video

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you! 🙏🏽🙏🏽😃

[@tenexic1]

I hope you tried some kava at the wedding too.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Yes, couldn’t resist. 😃

[@upendranaidu5017]

Thanks for this video bro

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

My pleasure, Upendra. I hope to cover many more weddings.

[@ima.lux19]

Love all the vlogs. Can you please do Nadovu Park, Lautoka on a Saturday as well as Lautoka Market please. I’m a fan.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Sure! I'll get around to it at some point. :)

[@VisionAvanish]

I'm proud of you because my traditional Indian culture still alive yet in Fiji so I'm very happy and i want to meet my ancestors which came from India ❤❤

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

So glad you enjoyed it, Avanish. 😃 Take care.

[@ImagineTruth]

Someone recently asked me why the priest says “Swaha” at the end of every sentence. This is symbolic just as the two wives of Lord Ganesh or Ganapati, consorts Siddhi & Buddhi; Suddhi means spiritual power and Buddhi means intellectual power. Similarly “Swaha” is the wife/consort of Lord Agni (Fire), but any sentence (mantra) said to him is incomplete without the mention of his wife “Swaha”. Now you know the equality of power in Hinduism (Sanatan Dharma) of women.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you for your informative comment. 😃🙏🏽👏🏽👍🏽🙌🏽👌🏽🫶🏽

[@rohannaicker3743]

Great video! In August 2019 I got married in Lautoka, Fiji aswell.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

I wish I was around to cover it, Rohan! :)

[@rohannaicker3743]

@@ThePaleBlueDot it was a great Fijian wedding! Even though I'm Fijian, I'm very happy I was happy to marry my wife in lautoka. I am from Canada, and about 40 people from Canada flew over. We rented a Villa and was in Fiji for about a month

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

@@rohannaicker3743 Sounds like you had a great time! Good for you!

[@richardsingh5827]

Nice video

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thanks!😃

[@bradleysika]

Nice very good 👍

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jagsingh507]

Bro u are good. Respect u for eating with your fingers. Fiji style. One and only if u want to enjoy indian fiji food. Finger licking good

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Tastes better with fingers!

[@kayer3374]

Great job👍👍

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@yungming2046]

Love it

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you, Yung ming! :)

[@tibupanda3648]

Diaspora you do us all proud. Jai Bharath Matha

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Proud brothers and sisters of the Indian diaspora. 🙏🏽🫶🏽👏🏽😃👍🏽

[@bradleysika]

This makes me want to march in a band

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

That's the beauty of weddings! 😎👍🏽😃

[@Austria_Queen]

Nice from Austria

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Glad you liked it. Thank you! 🙏🏽 😃

[@jagsingh507]

Yummy, veg Palau,puri,alloo matar curry

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

It was delicious!

[@preetikanandran705]

I miss village wedding

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

They’re the best ones!

[@aditinarain6644]

This is a true India wedding. I remember attending weeding like this ,back in the days , not now , western culture added into it . This defeats the objective of a true Indian wedding.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Still happening in Fiji. This is a lovely family. 😃

[@labyadav]

We are proud of Indo-Fijian of Fiji Island.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Yes, of course. :)

[@ChocolateflavourNL]

Subh Vivaah! ❤

[@dharmascan]

Indian Hindus should prepare English sub titles of the pundit chanting. To begin with pundit said: 6:49 the first prayer should be to the mother earth. 20:38 "Om ishthdevata..." (it is very important here to understand the concept of God/ goddesses here) Isthdevtaye (in simple terms it is personalised God/ goddesses of the individual/ family...), 'kuldevtayein' (clan or clans God / goddesses), 'gramdevtayein' (village gods/ goddesses)

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

👍🏽 👍🏽👍🏽

[@nirvanabhagwandin6327]

Everything reminds me of my country of birth, Guyana. ❤️❤️❤️

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Thank you, Nirvana. 👌👌I’ve always been intrigued by how Indian diaspora communities celebrate cultural festivals in other parts of the world. 😃😃

[@nirvanabhagwandin6327]

@@ThePaleBlueDoti now i known for sure, that some of my indian relatives (nana and nanie) were dropped off in Fujii before reaching the shores of Guyana. They look so much like us indo Guyanese ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

@@nirvanabhagwandin6327 Fascinating. My great-grandmother on my father's side was from Trinidad (in your neighborhood) before ending up in Fiji. She was part of that movement of people during the days of indentured labour.

[@nirvanabhagwandin6327]

@@ThePaleBlueDot Guyana , Trinidad, Jamaica to a lesser extent, have maintained their culture and triditions. At least you know where your roots are.😁

[@vijaihansraj9247]

I just see this video and i thought it was guyana my country function and culture everything guyanese style. Happy new year

[@johnnycrepaul547]

It is a custom to give gifts to the wedding in Hindu religions and dance.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Yes, correct. 😃🙏🏽

[@ronaldosingh7485]

Best part of Fiji Indian wedding when we get to eat 50purris and allu/baigan curry.

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

The food is delicious, Ronaldo!

[@joebravo8813]

Ronaldo you're Weapon i was thinking 40 puris 🤪

[@vasishtshiboo8795]

Same like mauritius

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Yes, exactly, Vasisht. I'm amazed how many people have told me the same. 😃👍🏽✌🏽

[@preetikanandran705]

Lol funny the lady dancing alone in the end like doing electric shock dance

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

There’s more dancing in my latest wedding vlog which I’ll upload in about two days! 😃

[@robertdass4970]

That's George the guy that pass a bowl of kava invited anywhere just for kava🤣

[@ThePaleBlueDot]

Nice guy!