Vanuatu People. Melanesia. Tribal Dance [HD]
Ni-Vanuatu is a demonym used to refer to all Melanesian ethnicities originating in Vanuatu (98% of population). It also refers, more generally, to nationals and citizens of Vanuatu, whatever their ethnicity.
Vanuatu, officially the Republic of Vanuatu is a Pacific island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some 1,750 kilometres (1,090 mi) east of northern Australia, 500 kilometres (310 mi) northeast of New Caledonia, east of New Guinea, southeast of the Solomon Islands, and west of Fiji.
Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people. The first Europeans to visit the islands were a Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Fernandes de Queirós, who arrived on the largest island in 1606. He then claimed the archipelago for Spain, as part of the colonial Spanish East Indies, and named it Austrialia del Espiritu Santo.
