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Kastom as commodity: the land dive as indigenous rite and tourist spectacle in Vanuata

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Abstract

Discusses tourism as a phenomenon that powerfully brings together cultural policies and economic development. Deals with nagol, the land dive in terms of the local history of the ritual and discusses the transformation of it into a tourist spectacle.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCulture, Kastom, Tradition:
Subtitle of host publicationDeveloping Cultural Policy in Melanesia
EditorsLamont Lindstrom, Geoffrey M. White
Chapter11
Pages131-144
Number of pages14
Publication statusPublished - 1994

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