The Republic of Vanuatu became independent in 1980 Franco-British condominium in 1906 and is located in the heart of Melanesia in the South Pacific, at 1,750 kilometers east of Australia. Its capital is Port Vila and has a population of 207,000 inhabitants. It has 83 islands and six provinces: Shefa, Tafea, Torba, Melampus and Penama and is in the latter province where we find the island of Pentecost, which every year holds a special ceremony.
The youth of the village of Bunlamp performed a ritual that will be considered and men and to claim the hand of his beloved to marry them.
Jump is the Nghol, when the boys are launched from a platform approximately 25 m. high, previously constructed with sticks. A few vines gird their ankles that they have made and the length must be measured very well. This is important and is part of the ritual transfer, since the launch of the tower to the base of it, the head can only skim the surface soft soil so because otherwise the shock may cause severe injuries.
This ceremony is performed on Pentecost Island is related to the religious festival of the same name which falls fifty days after Easter and celebrates the Holy Spirit came down from heaven, perhaps as an expression of religious and cultural syncretism.
James Cook Islands beat the New Hebrides name that was applied to the country’s independence in 1980 and from that year Vanautu took the name which means ‘Our Land’ in Bislama, the creole Melanesia language.
In the early twentieth century, France and Great Britain instituted in a colonial New Hebrides Condominium called, and unique colonial rule led him to create two policemen, two hospitals, two schools, two languages, for that reason the French and English are also official languages.
Sights and attractions that make Vanautu, a beautiful holiday destination.
