Kastom

Kastom is a pidgin word (Bislama/Tok Pisin) used to refer to traditional culture, including religion, economics, art and magic in Melanesia. Kastom is a pidgin word (Bislama/Tok Pisin) used to refer to traditional culture, including religion, economics, art and magic in Melanesia. The term is the generally accepted term in anthropology to describe such phenomena as well as the common and lay term used in everyday language. The word derives from the Australian English pronunciation of custom but crosses meanings that incorporate: It is consistent in spelling across most of the many variations in pidjin and pisin across the region.