63-year-old Saras Wati Goundar vividly remembers everyone celebrating together in their settlement in Kavanagasau in Nadroga on 10th October 1970.
She says she was 13-years-old at the time.
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Goundar says her father was a farmer and she was brought up in a multiracial environment.
She says during those times, everyone worked together and this is why they all happy to be free from British rule.
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Goundar is one of the people that received a commemorative medal for Fiji’s 50th independence anniversary.
She has long served as the administrator of the Multicultural Centre.
