FIRE WALKING CEREMONY, WESTIN DENARAU RESORT, NADI, FIJI

    The highlight of the Lovo Cultural  Show was the Fire Walking Ceremony.    The Fire Walking Ceremony is an old tradition in Fiji.  The men walk on hot rocks. In the first 10 photos the bed of rocks is being prepared for the ceremony. The photos after that show the men walking on the hot rocks.

LOVO STYLE COOKING, WESTIN DENARAU RESORT, NADI, FIJI

   At the Lovo Cultural Show we also saw Lovo style cooking.  The food is cooked in an underground rock oven.

LOVO CULTURAL SHOW, WESTIN DENARAU RESORT, NADI, FIJI

   Last evening, Saturday, Oct. 7, we attended the Lovo Cultural Show at the Cocoa Palms pavilion at Westin Denarau Resort.   This show consists of Fiji music and dance, particularly the Meke dance.

VIEW FROM OUR ROOM, WESTIN DENARAU RESORT, NADI, FIJI

VIEWS OF PORT DENARAU, NADI, FIJI

FIJI WOODSWALLOW, WESTIN DENARAU RESORT, NADI, FIJI

   We can ID this bird as a Fiji Woodswallow by its dark sooty gray color, white underparts and steel blue bill with black tip.  The Fiji Woodswallow has been split from White-breasted Woodswallow, of which it had been a subspecies.  The Fiji Woodswallow is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 594.

RED-VENTED BULBUL, WESTIN DENARAU RESORT, NADI, FIJI

   We can ID this bird as a Red-vented Bulbul by its short crest giving its black head a squarish appearance, brownish body, black tail with white tip and red undertail coverts.  The Red-vented Bulbul is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 593.