Fijian soldiers do a Meke and sing in Malaya 1952

During the Malayan Emergency from 1950 – 1959 the Fiji Military Forces volunteered its services.

During the four years of Fijian involvement, from 1952 to 1956, some 1,600 Fijian troops served. The first to arrive were the 1st Battalion, Fiji Infantry Regiment. Twenty-five Fijian troops died in combat in Malaya. Friendships on and off the battlefield developed between the two nations; the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, became a friend and mentor to Ratu Sir Edward Cakobau, who was a commander of the Fijian Battalion, and who later went on to become the Deputy PM of Fiji.

This video of the Fijian Regiment soldiers in Rompin Malaya in 1952, performing songs and meke.