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Cultures-Vanuatu

National sand-drawing Festival

July
Akhamb, Malakula
Genre : Festival
Principal country concerned : Column : Fine arts, History/society

Sand drawings are elegant geometric patterns produced directly on the ground which serve to transmit a wealth of traditional knowledge about local history, indigenous rituals and cosmologies, kinship systems, natural phenomena or farming techniques.

Despite modern development and education, sand drawing continues to be a mark of Vanuatu cultural specificity and a means of exchange between the communities.

Partners

  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS

With the support of