Sand Drawing en vol@vanuatu.net.vu <a href="http://www.globalmoxie.com/">Big Medium Web Content Manager v1.3.7a</a> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.vanuatuculture.org/sand/index.shtml Copyright 2005-2007. All rights reserved.<br /> Thu, 27 Dec 2006 22:46:00 GMT One of the biggest cultural events to happen in 2006 was the 2nd National Sandroing (“sand drawing”) Festival which took place on the small island of Akhamb off the south of Malakula from the 27th until the 31st of August Thu, 27 Dec 2006 22:28:00 GMT http://www.vanuatuculture.org/sand/20061009_akhamb-festival.shtml http://www.vanuatuculture.org/sand/20061009_akhamb-festival.shtml 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.<br /> In 2003, 'Vanuatu Sand Drawing' was proclaimed a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" by UNESCO. In 2004, UNESCO/Japan Funds-In-Trust For the Preservation and Promotion of Intangible Cultural Heritage began funding of a program to safeguard sand drawings in Vanuatu Thu, 27 Dec 2006 22:46:00 GMT http://www.vanuatuculture.org/sand/050627_sanddrawing.shtml http://www.vanuatuculture.org/sand/050627_sanddrawing.shtml