ABSTRACT
Fiji in Indians were influenced by cultural and kinship affiliations in several important ways. Economically, kin were likely to co-operate (or dispute) with one another; religious rites were culturally distinct and often took place within the kin group; and in political activities kinship and culture were significant as sources of conflict or recruitment for factions. In addition, caste membership could affect a man’s relations with his fellows. To what extent could people be said to form groups based on culture, caste and kinship, and what were the relations between these groups?
