Fiji, Women perform a 'vakamalolo'Ten young Fijian women sit cross-legged in a line and clasp their hands together as they perform a 'vakamalolo' or sitting dance outdoors. All wear ceremonial costume including patterned 'masi' (bark cloth) skirts and typical Fijian hairstyles. Caption reads: A 'Vakamalolo' being enacted by Fijian girls in one of the outer islands, 1965. 2005/010/1/14/39.

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Women perform a 'vakamalolo'

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