Independence Celebration of Nationhood

Re-photographed image from a Wintua villager's scrapbook taken in 1980 when Vanuatu gained independence of custom re-invented. Traditional penis wrapper (Small Nambas style) and boar's tusk pendant, a symbol of prosperity, worn for participation in recently resurrected traditional ritual dance.

• 1980

• First Anniversary Celebration
• Mewun Scrapbooks
• Wealth Indicators

• Espiritu Santo Island (Vanuatu)
• Melanesia
• Oceania
• Pacific Islands
• Vanuatu

• Scrapbooks
• Tusks
• Vanuatu Independence

• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

• Unknown

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2021-11-16