Panngi
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Panngi is a large village in south-western Pentecost Island
, Vanuatu
. It is the main commercial centre of south Pentecost.
Panngi is located approximately 10 km south of Lonorore Airport
. The village has an Anglophone primary school, a church, a bank, a clinic, kava
bars, guesthouses, and several stores. Panngi merges into the adjacent villages of Salap and Bay Homo.
Between April and June the village receives large numbers of visitors who come to watch the land diving
ceremony, which is performed at a site just above the village. Most of these visitors arrive on cruise ships, which dock at a small jetty named the Queen Elizabeth II Landing, in honour of a 1974 visit by the Queen.
At the tip of the headland north of Panngi is a large and unusually-shaped rock, knock as Captain Cook's Rock or the Mushroom Rock, which is surrounded by water at high tide.
Pentecost Island
Pentecost Island is one of the 83 islands that make up the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. It lies due north of capital Port Vila. Pentecost Island is known as Pentecôte in French and Pentikos in Bislama. The island was known in its native languages by names such as Vanu Aroaroa, although these...
, Vanuatu
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
. It is the main commercial centre of south Pentecost.
Panngi is located approximately 10 km south of Lonorore Airport
Lonorore Airport
Lonorore Airport or Lonoror is an airport on south-western Pentecost Island, Vanuatu.Lonorore began as a grass airstrip, capable of accommodating 20-seater Twin Otter aircraft in good conditions, although it was frequently unusable due to waterlogging in wet weather. The airport is built in the...
. The village has an Anglophone primary school, a church, a bank, a clinic, kava
Kava
Kava or kava-kava is a crop of the western Pacific....
bars, guesthouses, and several stores. Panngi merges into the adjacent villages of Salap and Bay Homo.
Between April and June the village receives large numbers of visitors who come to watch the land diving
Land diving
Land diving is a ritual performed by the men of the southern part of Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. The precursor to bungee jumping, men jump off of wooden towers around high, with two tree vines wrapped around the ankles. Land diving is done without any safety equipment...
ceremony, which is performed at a site just above the village. Most of these visitors arrive on cruise ships, which dock at a small jetty named the Queen Elizabeth II Landing, in honour of a 1974 visit by the Queen.
At the tip of the headland north of Panngi is a large and unusually-shaped rock, knock as Captain Cook's Rock or the Mushroom Rock, which is surrounded by water at high tide.