Fijian Houses: Tradition Meets Utilit

Economic pressure [?] threatening the Fiji villagers' traditi [?] style of housebuild [?] because housebuild [?] and repairing [?] a communal task—is by Government a [?] other authorities to quire too much ti when Fijian econo [?] survival is bound with increased ag [?] cultural output.

The upper pict [?] illustrates the type [?] traditional house s[?] in Nadroga, on [?] southern coast of [?] Levu. (In many nev [?] houses there are lar[?] windows and more them).

Below is an exam [?] of how the utilita [?] may displace picturesque by way [?] "permanent" material [?] This cottage at Welas [?] Taveuni, has the typi [?] Fijian stone foundati [?] and the reed wa [?] shutters and frames [?] more or less con [?] tional. The roof, ho [?] ever, is of galvani [?] iron and the framew [?] of the building is "modern" sawn timb [?]

—Photos by Pub [?]

Relations Office, Su [?]