The Rom Dance

This afternoon islanders don tall masks and costumes of leaves and "bush material" and then proceed to dance as spirits. So sacred is this Kastom Dance that all costumes are burned afterwards let spirits be tempted to haunt the dancers. Seated around a pressed earth clearing and surrounded by the elements of jungle and sea, the masked figures, dancing and singing in age old ceremony, will expose us to a part of Vanuatu rarely seen. The tall, intricate masks against the jungle background will captivate photographers and amateur anthropologists alike.