Oceania, Aotearoa and Australia
ni-Vanuatu
Lands
the islands of the Republic of Vanuatu in the south-west Pacific, including Malakula and the central and northern islands
Countries Vanuatu
Facts 3
Today
Vanuatu Cultural Centre fieldworkers, or filwokas, are volunteers nominated by their communities across the islands to promote, protect and preserve kastom.
As of 2022 Source: Journal of Pacific Archaeology, Grassroots Badly Burnt: the loss of ni-Vanuatu archaeologists whose careers spanned 50 years (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Achievement
In 1998 Na'hai speakers of south Malakula opened the Na'hai Kaljaral Senta, the first language-based cultural centre in Vanuatu.
As of 1998 Source: Cultural Survival, Kastom as Development: Opening the Na'hai Kaljaral Senta (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Culture
Vanuatu sand drawing, traced with one finger in a single continuous line, carries knowledge among some 80 language groups of the central and northern islands.
Source: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, Vanuatu sand drawings (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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