Wintua Women reinvent tradition

Left: Photographs by Ann Skinner-Jones. The women were enthusiastic about the revival of traditional dress in preparation for the First Independence Anniversary Celebration, July 31, 1981.

Right: Re-photographed image from a village scrapbook taken in 1981. Women participated in the Independence celebration wearing traditional ceremonial dress, July 31, 1980.

• 1980-1981

• Skinner-Jones, Ann

• Land and Custom Sustained and Revived
• Mewun Scrapbooks

• Melanesia
• Oceania
• Pacific Islands
• South West Bay (Malakula, Vanuatu)
• Wintua (Malekula, Vanuatu)

• Scrapbooks

• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

• Unknown

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2021-11-16