Chief Willie Bongmatur Maldo and the role of Chiefs in Vanuatu
Chief Willie Bongmatur Maldo and the role of Chiefs in Vanuatu
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威利·邦马图尔·马尔多酋长和酋长在瓦努阿图的作用
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1998
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Lissant M Bolton
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在现在被称为瓦努阿图的群岛上，过去和现在都有许多不同形式的土著社区领导。英法共管政府的传教士和官员将“酋长”的概念引入到这种多样性中，这一头衔用于指定在教会和国家的非传统背景下代表其社区的人。在瓦努阿图寻求和实现独立期间，酋长的这一作用发生了变化。他们不再是那些与新事物接触的人，而是那些代表旧事物的人。全国酋长理事会的成立将酋长定义为土著知识和做法的权威代表，并将他们任命为议会顾问，使传统的瓦努阿图人在新国家的创建中有利害关系。本文通过酋长威利·邦马图尔·马尔多（Willie Bongmatur Maldo）的职业生涯追踪了这一转变，他是全国酋长理事会的创始主席，也是独立部落形成过程中的一位有影响力的人物..
Abstract There were and are many different forms of indigenous community leadership in the archipelago now known as Vanuatu. Missionaries and officials of the Anglo‐French Condominium Government introduced into this diversity the concept ‘chief, a title used to designate the men who represented their communities in the non‐traditional contexts of church and state. During the period in which Vanuatu sought and achieved Independence, this role for chiefs altered. They became not so much those who engaged with the new, as those who represented the old. The foundation of the National Council of Chiefs defined chiefs as authoritative representatives of indigenous knowledge and practice, and constituted them as advisers to the Parliament, giving traditionalist ni‐Vanuatu a stake in the creation of the new nation. This paper tracks this transformation through the career of Chief Willie Bongmatur Maldo, founding President of the National Council of Chiefs, and an influential figure in the formation of the indepen...