Subject
neo-ritualizations, politics of identity, commoditization of culture, intellectual, property rights, Nagol jump, John Frum movement, Pentecost island, Tanna island, Vanuatu, [SHS.ANTHRO-SE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology

Domains
Anthropologie, Ethnologie, Sciences Sociales, Sciences humaines

Description

International audience This paper deals with the aestheticization and commoditization of culture in specific grand rituals held in Vanuatu. Through political, commercial and juridical processes, the traditional referent of these neo-ritualizations has been replaced by a celebration of the kastom theme itself; the official value of a regional, national, and global cultural heritage. The examination of two iconic rituals, the Nagol land dive on Pentecost island and the 15th February annual commemoration of John Frum on Tanna island, reveals them as similarly invoking a Christian and colonially inspired reverence in their idealization of an ancestral past. Nevertheless, the increasing monetarization of village communities through the global promotion of kastom spectacles by media and for touristic purposes is ever more frequently considered locally as a factor of inequality or division.

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Language
English (en-GB)

Creators
Tabani, Marc

Contributors
Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur l'Océanie (CREDO) ; École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-09-BLAN-0320,LocNatPol,Logiques locales, logiques nationales : mutations politiques dans trois pays dits mélanésiens(2009)

Sources
ISSN: 0029-8077, Oceania, https://hal.science/hal-00535997, Oceania, 2010, 80 (3), pp.309-328

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Coverage
Vanuatu, Mélanésie

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