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Episode 12: "September Cultural Shows" -
Papua New Guinea
 Just
south to the Equator, north of Australia lays the amazing, remote
and hardly visited country of Papua New Guinea. A land where its
songs touch the heart and its dances move the body from its core.
The visitor is always being stimulated by the constant discoveries
this country offers. This is some of what the crew experienced while
traveling in Papua New Guinea and shooting its cultural shows.
 Painted
with spiritual masks and dressed with grass skirts just like their
ancestors did for generations. Using the powers of sorcery, working
with traditional tools it is as if their culture has remained untouched
by outsiders. This tropical paradise is as rare as it comes.
- The Goroka Show in the Central Highlands is where tribes meet
to dance, sing and show off their costumes in front of an eye-
popping crowd.
- The Tufi region, on the coast of the Coral Sea is another demonstration
of tribal tradition. Women with tattooed faces wearing their festive
robes made from the bark of a tree dance in a local sing-sing.
- The Canoe Festival preparation in the village of Waga-Waga at
Milne Bay is restoring old rituals based on wars between rival
tribes.
- In the capital, Port Moresby, Independence Day is celebrated
the same day as the Hiri Moale, a festival in honor of trading
between neighboring regions.
Off the Beaten Path: PNG has some of the best snorkeling and
scuba diving in the world, the festivals team visit the Tufi diving
resort and it's hidden fiords in an area that is just opening up to
the outside world. Visiting remote villages we learn about their every
day life, clay pot cooking and basic survival skills.
Special Thanks to Papua
New Guinea Tourism and Air
Niguini
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