Subjects:
Intangible heritage | Culture and traditions
Vanuatu Sand-drawings
Language: English
The Vanuatu drawings are produced directly on the ground, in sand, volcanic ash or clay. Using one finger, the drawer traces a continuous meandering line on an imagined grid to produce a graceful, often symmetrical, composition of geometric patterns. This rich and dynamic graphic tradition has developed as a means of communication among the members of some 80 different language groups inhabiting the central and northern islands of Vanuatu.
on this subject:
Nomination file/Dossier de candidature
Place/region:
Vanuatu,
Asia and the Pacific
Series: Inscriptions on the Intangible Heritage Lists
Type: Documentary
Duration:
Production and personalities:
Director: Katie Hayne, Anna Zagala, Stephen Zagala
Publisher: Vanuatu Culture Centre
Coproducer/sponsor: The Centre for Cross-Cultural Reseach; The Australian National University; UNESCO
Published in:
Rights: Vanuatu Culture Centre
Series: Inscriptions on the Intangible Heritage Lists
Type: Documentary
Duration:
Production and personalities:
Director: Katie Hayne, Anna Zagala, Stephen Zagala
Publisher: Vanuatu Culture Centre
Coproducer/sponsor: The Centre for Cross-Cultural Reseach; The Australian National University; UNESCO
Published in:
Rights: Vanuatu Culture Centre
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