Bishop Says: "Don't
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Be Museum Pieces"
The Bishop in Polynesia, the Rt.
Rev. J. C. Vockler, recently told pupils at Queen Victoria School, the leading Fijian secondary school, that they should beware of sentimental people who romanticised their country and their customs, and whose loudly claimed friendship disguised a dangerous superiority which sought to keep them in an
anthropological museum.
He added: "Fiji needs what is best in Fijian life and culture, but if we are to live in this present age with all its challenges, problems and responsibilities we need it in modern dress, expressed in modern terms so that the traditions of your fathers can be found not in a museum but living and acting for all to see."