Category — Papua New Guinea Culture
How to Preserve Melanesia; The Engan Experience through the Enga Take Anda Tradition & Transition Centre
In the heart of Wabag Town, the capital of the mountainous province of Enga, lies a masterpiece of cultural learning and preservation.
The Enga Take Anda (pronounced Takkeh Andaa) Tradition & Transition Centre is a beautifully designed building that houses a great collection of Engan traditional and modern history, organised fantastically as exhibitions.
The Enga Take Anda Tradition & Transitional Centre ( more images below)
These exhibitions include wall montages, reprints of old and historic photographs, documents, stone artefacts, carvings, wigs, miniature buildings and examples of Engan architecture, explanations of folk lore and folk songs and more.
March 26, 2012 4 Comments
Gogodala Culture and the Amazing Village of Kini
The Gogodala People of the Mid-Fly area of Western Province, live in several villages in the Balimo – Aramia River area. These villages include Balimo, Kimama, Kini, Adiba, Kawito, Katale, Kewa and Uladu.
Dancing Mask on. Gogodala pictures at the end of this post
As well as staying at Balimo village for a few days, I also made a trip to the very cultural Kini village whose people were nice enough to talk to me and show their culture.
I thought that I would write this article about some aspects of the traditional the Gogodala Culture and my visit to Kini Village, including sharing some great photographs and information on the art and culture alive at the village. But first, some info about the Gogodala. [Read more →]
June 20, 2011 2 Comments
Balimo Is Beautiful – Her People, Her Culture, Her Nature
Word Count 2532. Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. Photos: Only the Best of Balimo!
Balimo is beautiful. The sun rises and sets on the most beautiful lagoon in PNG created by the floodwaters of the dark, fresh water Aramia River that winds its way down from the highlands of Western Province.
Balimo, more photos at the bottom
Along the Balimo shores white, pink and purple water lilies blossom as canoes cross the dark fresh water and moor along the vivid green grass as the gentle lagoon winds whisper through the water reeds.
Pelicans, pigeons, doves, hornbills, kingfishers, ducks live and die here and above eagles soar high to gracefully dive the waters like brown and white arrows, talons extended at the last minute to catch silver fish. [Read more →]
May 17, 2011 7 Comments
Cultural & Arts at the National Cultural Center
If you have the time, visit the National Cultural Center at Gordon’s Industrial Center in Port Moresby.
Face mask carving
They have a vast amount of artifacts, clay pots, carvings, masks and woven bags on display and on sale. [Read more →]
May 2, 2011 2 Comments
Some Sepik Baskets with different designs
Sepik Baskets, more at the bottom of this post
May 2, 2011 2 Comments
Kongara Manee Resource Centre Video Part 1
This is a video Part 1 of the Manee Resource Center in Bougainville. I visited in November 2010.
High up in the hills of Kongara, overlooking Kieta and Arawa is The Manee Resource Centre, a brilliant project in the middle of the Kongara mountain forests being built for the preservation of certain old traditional knowledge of people in this area. It is entirely self funded. You can read the article here http://www.myamazingparadise.com/?p=328&lang=en-us#more-328
Enjoy the video
April 6, 2011 No Comments
Baluan Island, Manus – A Difficult, Mysterious and Beautiful Part 1
About 38km Southeast of Manus and up to a maximum 3hrs in total travelling time by motorised dingy from the Loniu Bridge lies the mysterious volcanic island of Baluan.A place of historic importance to Manus and to Papua New Guinea.Three hours is the estimated maximum time to get there.
Mysterious Baluan, more images at bottom of the post
I arrived there at around 5.10pm Thursday 17th February, 4hrs later than I had planned. [Read more →]
March 26, 2011 4 Comments
Baluan Island PartII – Five Reasons to Go
About 38km Southeast of Manus and up to 3hrs in total travelling time by motorised dingy from the Loniu Bridge lies the mysterious volcanic island of Baluan.
Baluan Mother and Child
Formed by an extinct volcano locally known as Malsu (pronounced Mal-sue), Baluan rises some 200 plus meters out of the sea. [Read more →]
March 26, 2011 4 Comments
Lou Island: Obsidian and Kindness in Manus
I arrived at Rei Village, Lou Island, the boat’s motor idling as the sea pounded away at the beautiful shoreline. We could see people milling around the beach and on the embankments on both side of it under a giant kwila tree. It was Tuesday 22nd, February 2011.
The skipper of the banana boat, Lloyd Senang expertly waited for a wave to come in. One of the passengers shouted ‘whoop’ and Lloyd revved the engine onto the crest of the incoming wave and we surfed the boat up and onto the beautiful Rei beach.
March 25, 2011 12 Comments
Bougainville: Pidia Kids and Culture Dance Video
The people of Pidia, in Arawa, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea really believe in passing on their culture and knowledge to the younger generation. I shot this video in November, 2010 during a village stay there. Hit the read more button and enjoy the video [Read more →]
February 13, 2011 1 Comment