Vanuatu Events List
Event
- Title:
- Vanua Lava Cultural Festival
- When:
- 01.09.2010 - 04.09.2010
- Where:
- Banks Islands -
- Category:
- Cultural
Description
The Vanua Lava Cultural festival takes place every year on the island of Vanua Lava in the Banks and Torres province. The 4 days festival commences on 1st September, followed by a range of colorful cultural activities that involves custom dance, traditional ways of cooking, building traps, catching fresh water prawns, guests will have the opportunity to visit sacred sites which are belived to be the homes of 'custom' sharks or sea creatures that are linked to the spiritual gods, and more.The water music will highlight the festival, as well as the Snake dance which is the purely from Vanua Lava and the Banks and Torres islands. See opposite photo which shows the snake dancers.
Contact Reginald Tabi at Torba (Torres and Banks) Tourism Office on Ph/fax +678 38 550 or call Robert on mobile +678 7743634 for more information.
Venue
- Venue:
- Banks Islands
Description
The Banks and Torres are Vanuatu's northernmost islands. Geographically, they reach north and west to the Solomon Islands. Being nearer the equator, they consequently experience the highest precipitation and humidity of all the islands, with an average rainfall of 3,900 mm per year. As with all of Vanuatu, the main islands are volcanic in origin with active volcanoes on Gaua and Vanua Lava islands. Vanua Lava with its 1400 inhabitants, was once the trading base for exchanges with Solomon Islanders from Tikopia.