Tingtingru is the first born son of the legendary Wanmelbu

Wanmelbu

Wanmelbu is the first known ancestor of the Fanla commuity in North Ambrym, Vanuatu. He's from the western part of the island, in the area of Ranbeteon. He left his family & got lost in the sea. The young man finally reached the Linbul shore and befriended the local families.Chief Molbu, owner of...

, chief of Fanla

Fanla

Fanla is a small village situated in the north of Ambrym Island, in the archipelago of Vanuatu in Melanesia, in the province of Malampa. The original name of this place was Saanembur Lonbato....

, in North Ambrym, 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...

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He is the second high chief of this place and contributed a lot in the traditional development of kastom economy and the chief ranking system in North Ambrym. Tingtingru had a vision during his sleep where he found out how to create value into this kastom ceremonies and system. He saw in his dream the face of the tam-tam (atingting). Chief Tingtingru Yafu created the first tam-tam, that is still today the main representative element of 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...

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