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SAILING VANUATU: Ambryn Rom Dance
5 June 2023 · 8 min · 424 views · Anderin, Ambrym
What this video covers
A crew from Hylas 63 attends the Rom Dance Festival at Anderin on Ambrym Island, Vanuatu.0:17 The Rom dance is a traditional coming-of-age ceremony tied to black magic beliefs and performed with secrecy and ritual.2:43 The crew fields a "long dance team" with a chief dancer named Malou, an assistant chief dancer, and two judges competing against local dancers.0:30 Chief Sekor, a local organizer, explains that he danced and participated in custom dance and sand drawing traditions for years; during COVID-19 the community continued practicing at the Nasara and Nagmal ceremonial grounds but received no tourists until the government reopened the border.1:20 Since reopening, boat traffic to the island has increased significantly.1:52 The crew reaches the ceremonial site, described as a place of black magic, and notes the atmosphere as deeply mysterious.2:32
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