NEW CALEDONIA - SOCIETY - INAUGURATION OF THE STATUE OF THE HANDSHAFT BETWEEN LAFLEUR AND TJIBAOU

New Caledonia, Noumea, Sunday June 26, 2022. Dancers from the Tiendanite tribe in Hienghene, where Jean-Marie Tjibaou was from, take part in the inauguration of the handshake statue. The separatist Jean-Marie Tjibaou and the loyalist Jacques Lafleur had sealed the Matignon agreement with this gesture, on June 26, 1988 in Paris. Photograph by Theo Rouby / Hans Lucas. Nouvelle-Caledonie, Noumea, dimanche 26 juin 2022. Des danseurs de la tribu de Tiendanite a Hienghene, d ou etait originaire Jean-Marie Tjibaou, participent a l inauguration de la statue de la poignee de mains. L independantiste Jean-Marie Tjibaou et le loyaliste Jacques Lafleur avaient scelle l accord de Matignon par ce geste, le 26 juin 1988 a Paris. Photographie de Theo Rouby / Hans Lucas.