ABOUT THE VANUATU CULTURAL CENTRE
The Vanuatu Cultural Centre is a statutory body under the laws of Vanuatu whose primary function is "to support, encourage and make provision for the preservation, protection and development of various aspects of the cultural heritage of Vanuatu". In practice, the principle role of the Vanuatu Cultural Centre since its establishment in the 1960s, has been to document and record the culture and cultural history of Vanuatu. This has been done by the Cultural Centre staff and a network of approximately 60 volunteer feildworkers throughout the islands of Vanuatu.
The main focus of our documentation efforts are details of remembered histories and traditions (the latter are also called legends), details of ritual practices, classification systems and languages., details of cultural landscapes and particularly sites of cultural significance, and recordsof contemporary events of historical and cultural significance. The latter (which is esentially history-in-making) is recorded on video; examples of (usually ritual) material are collected for museological display, but amopst everything else is documented on audio tape. his is because indigenous cultures are oral and therfore all our cultural knowledgeis retained and transmitted orally. Apart from its oral nature, the other commonalities with all the material we document are the parts of it are owned in much the the same fashion as mordern patents are held, and accessto the material is restricted in often complex system to certeraingendered indviduals, family groups, or larger cultural groups.This documented knowledge is held by the Cultural Centre and has been used as source material for the revival of certain traditional cultural practices no longer being practised.
Contact us at:
Phone (678) 22129
email:vks@vanuatu.com.vu Directors e-mail:abong.marcelin@vanuatuculture.org
National Film and Sound Unit e-mail:filmandaudio@vanuatuculture.org
Long Wenisdei namba 1 Ogis 2007, wan staf memba blong VKS, Macka Silona, i bin lus. Hemia hemi smol storian long laef mo ol ajivmen blong hem
The Vanuatu National Cultural Council and the Vanuatu Cultural Centre have a new corporate plan, the first one in the organisation's existence. Production of this corporate plan brings the Cultural Centre into line with the work procedures of the Vanuatu Government
Le Conseil Culturel National et le Centre Culturel du Vanuatu ont mis en place un nouveau Plan d’Entreprise, le premier depuis leur création. La mise en œuvre de ce plan permettra au Centre Culturel de s’accorder sur les procédures de travail du Gouvernement du Vanuatu
Mr Reece Discombe hemi bin lus long eli moning long namba 2 Jun 2007. Reece Discombe hemi wan blong olgeta strong sapota blong wok blong Kaljoral Senta stat long ol yia 1960s kasem taem we hemi lus. Ridim smol storian blong histri blong sapot blong hem long Kaljoral Senta
Director of the Cultural Centre, Ralph Regenvanu, was honoured on two separate occasions in November 2006 for the work he has done over the past 12 years with the Cultural Centre and in the field of culture more generally in Vanuatu - by the Government of France and by the fieldworkers of the Cultural Centre
The Pacific Islands Museums Association (PIMA) has relocated its Secretariat from its previous base in the Fiji Museum in Suva to the Vanuatu Cultural Centre in Port Vila
This report was presented by Ralph Regenvanu, Director of the Vanuatu Cultural Centre, at the "Pacific Museums in Sustainable Heritage Development" workshop hosted by the Australian National University in Canberra in the first week of February 2006. It is a 'status report' on what is happening at the Cultural Centre, descibing the Centre's activities over the past few years and indicating current and future directions.
A description of the traditional "arts" in Vanuatu: is "art" something recognised in the traditional worldview?
Main objective for the Malakula Cultural Centre is to upgrade the custom and cultures of Malekula for the attraction of visitors and interested custom role from Malekula.