Yaohnanen
Yaohnanen
Ionhanen | |
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Yaohnanen, also spelled Ionhanen,[1] is a village located on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu,[1][2] at about 6 km south-east of the island main town, Lenakel.[3]
It is well known for the participation of its villagers in the
Yaohnanen people were featured on the second season of the Spanish television series Perdidos en la Tribu (Lost in the Tribe), in which they lived with a Spanish family during the course of 21 days, teaching them their customs and culture, and also in the first season of the same Portuguese series called Perdidos na Tribo.
Gallery
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Yaohnanen tribesmen (Alpi and Nakou a.k.a. J.J.) show their photos Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, taken during their visit in Windsor (UK) in 2007.
On the left photo Alpi is standing first on the left, Nakou is fourth from the left (next to Prince Philip). -
Two Yaohnanen tribesmen. -
Yaohnanen women nursing their children and weaving. -
Yaohnanen women supervising their children and cooking. -
Yaohnanen children playing a traditional game.
References
- ^ a b c Brian J. Bresniha and Keith Woodward, ed. Tufala Gavman - Reminiscences from the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides, Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, Suva, 2002, p. 498 (interview with Andrew Stuart, former British Resident Commissioner in the New-Hebrides)
- ^ a b Joël Bonnemaison Les gens et les lieux - Histoire et géosymboles d'une société enracinée : Tanna, Editions de l'ORSTOM, Paris 1997, p. 418-19
- ^ Patricial Siméoni, Atlas du Vanuatou, Editions Géo-Consulte, Port-Vila, 2009, map p. 91
External links
- Yam dance at Yaohnanen – amateur photos of folklore dance in Yaohnanen