Vanuatu

Celebrations from Around the Globe

Below is a glimpse of celebrations honoring the bicentenary of the birth of the Báb in many localities across the country

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At a bicentenary celebration, reflecting on the progress of the community

The celebration for the bicentenary gave Aneityum, Vanuatu, an opportunity to reflect on the development of their community. Residents came together with local leaders to consult about plans for the further growth of Bahá’í community activities on the island.

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Invitation to celebrate in Vanuatu

An invitation card designed for the bicentenary provides information of the event details, briefly describes the Bahá’í Faith and shares a prayer of the Báb in Bislama, a language of Vanuatu.

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Activities in Vanuatu mark bicentenary

The 200th anniversary of the birth of the Bab is being marked in communities throughout Vanuatu.

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Vanuatu marks bicentenary with service project

In Port Vila, Vanuatu, friends, neighbors, and government officials carry out a riverbank cleanup and planting project to mark the bicentenary. The group filled 100 bags with trash they collected and planted riverbank grasses as well as dozens of trees to prevent soil erosion.

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Celebrating the bicentenary in Tanna, Vanuatu

Community members in Tanna, Vanuatu, prepared a large cake for the bicentenary and are cutting it as a collective activity.

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An uplifting and thoughtful celebration in Vanuatu

A local celebration on the island of Ifira, Vanuatu, brings together children, youth, and adults. Community members read prayers, sang songs, and engaged in various performances. A screening of the film Dawn of the Light, further added to the uplifting and thoughtful environment.

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A gift of flowers, cookies and cards

In Vanuatu, the community arranged bouquets of flowers bursting with color, they baked cookies and joined in song to bring joy to the hearts of their friends and neighbors on the bicentenary of the birth of the Báb. The children carefully colored in cards on which an opening gate was depicted, recalling the station of the Báb as the Gate and Herald of Bahá’u’lláh.