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Kawakawa, near Labasa, Fiji: Descendants of indentured laborers who came from India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Roop Narayan and Basant Kumar cut sugarcane as members of Gang 12. Colonial-era laws prevent Indo-Fijians from owning land, so they must lease their holdings from native Fijian landlords and work as tenant farmers.
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Fiji, Indian diaspora, Indiaworld, Labasa, blade, cane knife, dawn, farm, farming, labor, machete, men, sugar cane, sugarcane, sunrise, work
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