Fanla

Saanembur Lonbato ; Fanla
	Fanla
	Fanla
Coordinates	16 ° 8 ′ S , 168 ° 8 ′ E Coordinates: 16 ° 8 ′ S , 168 ° 8 ′ E
Basic data
Country	Vanuatu
ISO 3166-2	VU

Fanla is a small village in the north of Ambrym , in the Vanuatu archipelago in Melanesia , in the Malampa province . The local name is Saanembur Lonbato .

geography

The village is located in the north of the island near Ranhor and Melbulbul , which connect to the north coast. Linbul is the closest coastal town to the west . The village is a so-called traditional kastom , which values traditional values. It has about 250 residents.

history

Wanmelbu, a legendary local founder, established the chief ranks that are still in use. His eldest son, Tingtingru , had a dream vision of tams-tams ( atingting ) who would become a major component of native tribal art.

According to tradition, all the inhabitants of the village are descendants of Wanmelbu.

Personalities

Magetafanla Roromal , a chief who is said to have seen James Cook , according to tradition . It is also Captain Cook who is credited with naming the island. When he presented a gift from Roromal, from an ignam , he said the words " am rêm " ("Here is your yam"). The name Ambrem or Ambrym is said to have originated from this later . An old name was " Tumurin ".
Magekon Malmere , the first successor to the town's founder.
Bule Tainmal , the most famous chief in the island's history. He was also the assessor recognized by the colonial government.
Tofor -kon Rengrengmal, the last chief to achieve the highest chief rank in 1972, died in 1999.

Genealogy of the Chiefs

Individual evidence

↑ Fanla at geonames.org.
↑ Knut Mikjel Rio: Of Yams and Men . In: The Power of Perspective: Social ontology and agency on Ambrym Island, Vanuatu (= Berghahn Series). Berghahn Books, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84545-293-3 , pp. 126-128: “Tainmal, the great historical times of Fanla, and at the time assessor of the colonial government, led the candidates around in a spiral formation towards the objectification of the grade itself: the tree-fern bwerang . "

literature

Eric Kjellgren: From Fanla to New York and back: recovering the authorship and iconography of a slit drum from Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. In: Journal of Museum Ethnography , No. 17, Pacific Ethnography, Politics and Museums, 2005, pp. 118-129.

[1] Fanla at geonames.org.

[2] Knut Mikjel Rio: Of Yams and Men . In: The Power of Perspective: Social ontology and agency on Ambrym Island, Vanuatu (= Berghahn Series). Berghahn Books, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84545-293-3 , pp. 126-128: “Tainmal, the great historical times of Fanla, and at the time assessor of the colonial government, led the candidates around in a spiral formation towards the objectification of the grade itself: the tree-fern bwerang . "