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02/03/2024

Count down to our panel discussion tomorrow!

25/02/2024

VIDEO | Foma presiden Kalkot Matas Kelekele we i kat 🎓dikri lo loa, mo hemi bin wok tu olsem Vanuatu ombudsman mo hemi wan long ol olfala fridom faeta blo yumi mo hemi bin wok olsem solisita jenerol mo olsem wan suprim kot jastis, hemi tokbaot raet blo yumi we konstityusen o mama loa i tokbaot hemi olsem 2 🚗trak we ron lo wan rod mo mas kivim raet lo tufala pasem tufala spos no bae tufala i no save ron gud.

"Rights hemi no absolute, rights hemi kat ol exceptions"

Hemia hemi minim se tufala draeva i kat raet blo ron lo rod be i no se rod ia blo wan trak nomo from raet blo hem be i i kat rul blo trafik we i kontrolem ol raet blo tufala. Lo 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👨‍👩‍👧‍👧yumi, i minim tu se yumi ol man i kat raet mo fridom blo wokbaot mo mekem samting be i kat ol rul tu blo kontrolem wokbaot blong yumi.

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Foma presiden Kalkot Matas Kelekele hemi tokbaot lo wan VBTC panel diskasen ol raets blo yumi we konstiyusen i tokbaot i olsem rod blo trak we tufala kat rae...

24/02/2024

Wajem ol papa blo indipenden i toktok lo saed blo referandom!

▶️Video ya hemi soem sam papa blong independen insaed weh oli bin faet from fridom blong yumi mo olgeta nao oli bin ol fes man blong ranem kantri blong yumi,...

24/02/2024

VIDEO | Dr. Tokon we hemi CEO blong TIV long Vanuatu hemi tokbaot raet blo yumi lo atikol 5 lo wan panel diskasen blo VBTC. Hemi se raet ia i kam wetem 'responsibility'.

Dr. Tokon we hemi CEO blong TIV long Vanuatu hemi tokbaot raet blo yumi lo atikol 5 lo wan panel diskasen blo VBTC. Hemi se raet ia i kam wetem ‘responsibility’.

24/02/2024

From wanem yumi mas go lo wan referandom?

From mama loa i talem se eni amenmen lo mama loa blo yumi we hemi afektem elektoral sistem o palemen sistem mo bae i kat jenis lo trifala lanwis ia bislama, inglis mo franis, bae pablik i mas go lo…

02/08/2023

MELANESIA HAS NO SHORTAGE OF MUSIC TALENT: DG LOUMA

PORT VILA, VANUATU (2 August 2023): Melanesia has no shortage of music talent which can be used to promote happiness and love, not of hate or animosity between us as Melanesians.

Those were the words of the Director General of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat, Leonard Louma, during the opening of the Fest’ Napuan, the largest music festival in Vanuatu during the 7th Melanesian Arts & Culture Festival (MACFEST) last week.

“Music has a language of its own. It is a powerful medium of communication that influences behaviour and must be used responsibly,” he stated.

The Director General appealed to use music for educational purposes, to spread health messages, and to promote development messages.

Director General Louma reaffirmed that MSG has for a long time recognized the value and importance of Music and sought to give prominence to it in its activities.

“The Ministers of Culture concluded their meeting on Friday 21 July 2023 and agreed to have the Musical Festival as an integral part of the Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival,” he said.

DG Louma reassured that at the officials’ level, discussions are being held on how to protect Melanesian music, songs and compositions.

“So, instituting and strengthening implementation of copy right/patent laws and trademark laws in MSG countries are being discussed. This is to ensure that Melanesian artists songs and compositions are not pirated. There are many commercial benefits to these songs and compositions and yet very little, if not none, of these benefits, are seen by our people.”

He stated, “Music evolves with time. In many ways, music reflects our changing customs and evolving culture.”

The challenge he added, is to try and preserve our traditional music, learn to use our traditional musical instruments and incorporate them into our contemporary music repertoire.

“We need to learn the different traditional chants, lullabies and songs and use them in the cultural ceremonies and settings where they are required to be performed,” he added.

Fest’Napuan featured performances from within the Melanesian region.

Caption: The Fest'Napuan got underway last week with performances from the region drawing crowds to Saralana Park.

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26/07/2023

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These two ladies warned us about love, but we didn’t listen.‼️💔🤔

25/07/2023

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25/07/2023

Melanesian Arts & Culture Festival 2023 | Day 8 | Programme

Saralana Programme

Malo 9:00
Custom Dance

Futuna 9:30
Custom Dance

Aulua 10:00
Custom Dance

Vinmavis 10:30
Custom Dance

Southwest Bay 11:00
Magic Show

Lunch 11:30

Motalava 1:00
Custom Dance

Lycee Lab 2:00
Custom Dance

Lamap 3:00
Custom Dance

MACFEST Program Ends

Fest'Nalenga Begins

Talaki LSB 4:00

Buluana LSB 5:00

Sani Boys LSB 6:00

Vetsal LSB 7:00

Lautano LSB 8:00

Olalroa LSB 9:00

Torotua LSB 10:00

Closing: 11:00PM

Convention Centre

Uripiv 9:00
Custom Dance

Central Pentecost 9:30
Custom Dance

Gaua 10:00
Custom Dance

Maewo 10:30
Custom Dance

Aulua 11:00
Custom

Lunch 11:30
Audio, Announcement, Custom Story

Torres Strait
Islander 1:00
Custom Dance

Tanna 1:30
Toka Custom Dance

Papua Niugini 2:00
Custom Dance

Futuna 2:30
Custom Dance

Papua Indonesia Dancers 3:00
Custom Dance

South Pentecost 3:30
Custom Dance

North Pentecost 4:00
Custom Dance

Malo 4:30
Custom Dance

Wrapup 5:00

Sea Front

Motalava 9:00
Custom Dance

Papua Dalam Cinta 9:30
Custom Dance / Singers

East Nusa
Tenggara 10:00
Custom Dance / Singers

Northwest Malekula 10:30
Custom Dance

South Ambae 11:00
Custom Dance

Lunch 11:30
Audio, Announcement, Custom Story

Central Pentecost 1:00
Custom Dance

Futuna 2:00
Custom Dance

Vinmavis 3:00
Custom Dance

Aulua 4:00
Custom Dance

Papua Niugini Band 4:30
Music

Wrap Up 5:00

Photo of: Huli Wigmen Group from Papua Niugini
Photo by: BREJ Pacific

24/07/2023

Why do visitors always pretend to watch TV wen food is brought 📺🍲🤣🤣

23/07/2023

22/07/2023

This Is Actually Just A Handrail By German Sculptor Karl-Henning Seemann 🖤

22/07/2023

Nasio Fontaine, also known simply as Nasio, is a reggae artist from the Commonwealth of Dominica.
Nasio is the youngest of seven children born to a Carib mother and father of African descent, in the village of Carte-Bois. When he was eight years old, Nasio began singing in the Bagatelle school and the village Catholic church choirs. Nasio Fontaine Official had a habit of making instruments out of everything he could find. His father, Atto, made his very first instrument, a piece of board with fishing lines for strings. He was inspired at an early age by calypso artists and soul musicians such as Curtis Mayfield, Sam Cooke, and Marvin Gaye.

In 1981, he moved from Dominica to the island of St. Maarten where he became influenced by Rastafari and reggae artists such as Joseph HILL - Culture, burningspearmusic, Jacob Miller, and Bob Marley, to whom he is often compared. He recorded his first 12-inch single "Born to Be Free" in 1986, which sold over 5,000 copies in St. Maarten (the island's biggest ever selling single), and followed it with the EP Babylon is Falling in 1990. His first full-length CD Reggae Power (1994) was followed by Wolf Catcher (1997) and Revolution (1999). Living in the Positive was released by Ras Records in 2004. In 2005 Nasio fontaine recorded the album Universal Cry at Long View in Massachusetts and Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios in the UK; collaborating with producer Richard Evans. Universal Cry was released on the Greensleeves Records label in the summer of 2006 to critical acclaim. Nasio Fontaine 's popularity has spread to Africa, where he performed in 2006. He also performed at the Glastonbury Festival Fans in the UK in 2007.

A compilation of material from his earlier albums, Rise Up, was released in 2007.

Discography:
Reggae Power (1994), Reggae Power

Wolf Catcher (1997)

Revolution (1999), Import

Living in the Positive (2003), Higher Love/RAS

Universal Cry (2006), Greensleeves Records

Compilations:
Rise Up (2007)
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