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After our dugong adventure we lucked into another magical event.  We had seen a small ad in the Port Vila newspaper saying that the First Annual Malekula Cultural Festival was going to be held in a few weeks in a small village on the big island of Malekula.  Now, Malekula is reputed to have the most primitive tribes in Vanuatu, with the last documented act of cannibalism in the late 60's (a missionary).  Many still live their traditional village lives in seldom-visited areas.  Few people had heard of this festival but we were intrigued along our new friends Miriam and Gordon on "Anwagomi".  It took some doing to figure out where we could anchor but we made our way into the little-used anchorage at Narsup.  Now to get to Lakatoro.  We asked around and found there were taxis that occasionally came by.  As it turned out, these were small pickups and they would cram 10 or 12 people in the back and head off through the hinterlands (no paved roads).  This was a fairly riotous ride.  We had to pick up the people off another taxi that had broken down but eventually made it to Lakatoro.  If you ever thought topless native women would be sexy, this photo should cure you of that.