{"product_id":"the-aroma-of-vanuatu-mercedes-lopez-tomlinson-9781906393267","title":"The Aroma of Vanuatu: Four years of adventures in the South Pacific","description":"\u003cp\u003eVanuatu is a country with 83 islands in the South Pacific between Australia and Fiji. Its one of the few countries in the world which has preserved traditions passed from generation to generation for thousands of years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book the author describes her experiences and the people she met during the four years that she lived in Vanuatu and also talks about the culture and traditions of the country which have existed for more than three thousand years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActive volcanoes, traditional jumps with many thousand years history that precede the bunji jumping, dances and rituals belonging to the past, superstitions and magic, cannibalism...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book takes us back to a period of long ago through histories that occurred in more recent times and it helps us to understand the soul of Melanesia, both eternal and modern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe meaning of Vanuatu is \"Our eternal land\" and the ni-Vanuatu consider themselves as the guardians of the earth that they have to pass on to future generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mercedes Lopez-Tomlinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1906393265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781906393267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trotamundas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Mercedes Lopez-Tomlinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440102748415,"sku":"9781906393267","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c352204-6d04-41d9-926c-20d0163e789c.jpg?v=1777180350","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-aroma-of-vanuatu-mercedes-lopez-tomlinson-9781906393267","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}