Today is ‘Custom Chiefs Day’, a public holiday in Vanuatu. This is a day to commemorate and preserve the traditional tribal customs observed on many islands.
Vanuatu is an archipelago of over 80 islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Many of these islands have resisted European and Western influences and still live according to traditional customs. This includes a system where the tribes are still ruled by chiefs.
Though the customs may differ from island to island, the chief is recognized as the uppermost figure in a community.
In 1977 a National Council of Chiefs (Malvatu Mauri) was set up by the government to advise and propose ways to ensure the preservation of traditional ways of life through Vanuatu. One outcome was the establishment of this public holiday on March 5th to recognize the commitment and prominent role of the chiefs.
Parking lot outside eye doctor’s office
Thanks, RFK Jr.!
Vance…
RFK Jr. has HHS working on some new cereals to ‘make America healthy’.
and…Canadians are still pissed…
thanks to Gordie Howe, “Mr Elbows,” for teaching generations of us how to do what has become our Canadian ninja move —
The Elbow is even immortalized by Gordie Howe’s statue in his hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan —
Sometimes we text the wrong number…
Today is the birthday, in 1958, of English singer and songwriter Andy Gibb the younger brother of Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb, of The Bee Gees. Through the early 1980s, he released eight singles which reached the Top 20 of the US Hot 100, three of which went to No.1, ‘I Just Want to Be Your Everything’ (1977), ‘(Love Is) Thicker Than Water’ (1977), and ‘Shadow Dancing’ (1978). Gibb would later struggle with drug addiction and depression. He died on 10 March 1988, five days after his 30th birthday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY
