Cermony for the Mausoleum of Grand Chef ATAI by Gildas de la Monneraye
New Caledonia, a former french colony and now a french overseas Territory in the South Pacific, has been called to choose by referendums for or against its independence by consulting its population. The most recent referendum in 2021 is the consequence of 163 years of grievances among the autochthones known as Kanak but also turmoil, sometimes violent as in 1917 and in the 1980s, between the kanak independence movement and the French state and its "loyalists". The first Kanak to revolt against colonial France was the Grand Chef Ataï in 1878, 25 years after the island was taken by France. The Grand Chef Ataï and his Dao (sorcerer) Mèche had their heads cut off during this insurrection, on the 1st of September 1878. Their heads were sent to France to the Anthropological Society of Paris in 1879 and then kept in the Musée de l'Homme in Paris. They were declared lost when a Kanak committee for their restitution, to return to their homeland, made an official request to the French state. The Grand Chef Ataï had, meanwhile, become one of the symbols of the Kanak resistance in the quest for New Caledonian independence. Finally, the heads were found in the reserves of the Musée de l'Homme in 2011 and restituted to the Grand Chef of Petit Couli, Bergé Kawa in 2014, a descendant of the Grand Chef Ataï. The determination to conduct a remembrance work on the history of New Caledonia has led to the creation of the mausoleum of Grand Chef Ataï. The project has been possible with the restitution to the Kanak clan in 2021 of a 5 ha plot of land, symbolically located on his native land. This is part of the land taken from the Kanak during french colonisation. This series is the ceremony in Kanak custom for the raising of the Totem poles that model the Mausoleum around the tomb of the emblematic hero Ataï and his sorcerer Mèche. By Gildas de La Monneraye
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CERMONY FOR THE MAUSOLEUM OF GRAND CHEF ATAI BY GILDAS DE LA MONNERAYE
New Caledonia, a former french colony and now a french overseas Territory in the South Pacific, has been called to choose by referendums for or against its independence by consulting its population. The most recent referendum in 2021 is the consequence of 163 years of grievances among the autochthones known as Kanak but also turmoil, sometimes violent as in 1917 and in the 1980s, between the kanak independence movement and the French state and its "loyalists". The first Kanak to revolt against colonial France was the Grand Chef Ataï in 1878, 25 years after the island was taken by France. The Grand Chef Ataï and his Dao (sorcerer) Mèche had their heads cut off during this insurrection, on the 1st of September 1878. Their heads were sent to France to the Anthropological Society of Paris in 1879 and then kept in the Musée de l'Homme in Paris. They were declared lost when a Kanak committee for their restitution, to return to their homeland, made an official request to the French state. The Grand Chef Ataï had, meanwhile, become one of the symbols of the Kanak resistance in the quest for New Caledonian independence. Finally, the heads were found in the reserves of the Musée de l'Homme in 2011 and restituted to the Grand Chef of Petit Couli, Bergé Kawa in 2014, a descendant of the Grand Chef Ataï. The determination to conduct a remembrance work on the history of New Caledonia has led to the creation of the mausoleum of Grand Chef Ataï. The project has been possible with the restitution to the Kanak clan in 2021 of a 5 ha plot of land, symbolically located on his native land. This is part of the land taken from the Kanak during french colonisation. This series is the ceremony in Kanak custom for the raising of the Totem poles that model the Mausoleum around the tomb of the emblematic hero Ataï and his sorcerer Mèche. (KEYSTONE/Gildas de la Monneraye)
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CERMONY FOR THE MAUSOLEUM OF GRAND CHEF ATAI BY GILDAS DE LA MONNERAYE
The "Elders", as the Customary Senator of Iaaï (Ouvéa Island, Loyalty Islands), Victor Gogny on the right and the Drueulu's Clan Spokesman of the Drehu customary area (Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands), Waco Nyikeine (third person on the right) installed behind the stèle, itself, placed in front of the mausoleum of the Grand Chef Ataï. It is in memory of his death and of the dead of the insurrection against France that took place in 1878. The Mausoleum is a hommage to the Grand Chef Ataï who led the revolt against the French presence with several clans in 1878. The Grand Chef Ataï and his Dao (sorcerer) Mèche had their heads cut off during this insurrection, on 1st September 1878. Their heads were sent to France to the Paris Anthropological Society in 1879 and then kept in the Musée de l'Homme in Paris. They were declared lost when a Kanak committee for restitution made an official request to the French state for their return to New Caledonia, to the Kanak people. The Grand Chef Ataï meanwhile became one of the symbols of the Kanak resistance in the quest for the independence of New Caledonia. Finally, the heads were found in the reserves of the Musée de l'Homme in 2011 and restituted to the Grand Chef of Petit Couli Clan, Bergé Kawa in 2014, a descendant of the Grand Chef Ataï. The determination to conduct a remembrance work on the history of New Caledonia has led to the creation of the mausoleum of Grand Chef Ataï. The project has been possible with the restitution to the Kanak clan in 2021 of a 5 ha plot of land, symbolically located on his native land. This is part of the land taken from the Kanak during french colonisation..Winrinha de Fonwhary, Couli District, South province, New-Caledonia, 20.08.2021. (KEYSTONE/Gildas de la Monneraye)
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