Kanak people
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The Kanaks are the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants of New Caledonia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific. Kanak peoples traditionally speak diverse Austronesian languages tha
Kanak women in New Caledonia
19th century lithograph of Kanaks
Kanak warriors, c. 1880
Two Kanak warriors posing with penis gourds and spears
The Tjibaou Cultural Centre, on the narrow Tina Peninsula, approximately 8 kilometres northeast of the historic centre of Nouméa, the capital of New Caledonia, celebrates the vernacular Kanak culture,
Kanak people
…centre on the lines suggested by Tjibaou be set up in Nouméa, the capital of New Caledonia; it was to be the last of Mitterrand's Grands Projets. The Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre was formally established in May 1998. Although ancient Lapita potteries date back to 1000 BC, and the people of the island have long been involved in…
Tjibaou Cultural Centre
Traditional Kanak great house in a conical shape
Renzo Piano
A case under construction