Day: August 2, 2019
Saun radiates floral passion
By SERAH LAGDOM MEET the lady behind the Papua New Guinea Floriculture Association and she will tell you, how her love and passion for flowers has made her quit a […]
Auali left indelible footprints
By BENJAMIN KOITAKA LEADERS and empires rise and fall but what people will never forget are true legacies they leave behind. The people of Tambul-Nebilyer in the Western Highlands are […]
A walkabout along Waikiki Beach
By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK MENTION Hawaii and instantly Waikiki Beach and Polynesian men and women in leis and grass skirts swaying away in hula dancing to the strumming of the ukulele […]
A call to Catholic ministry
By KEVIN PAMBA CATHOLIC parents ought to encourage their children to join the Church’s ministry of evangelisation and the complementary social teachings and social services by taking up vocation […]
Festival returns to Madang campus
By KEVIN PAMBA IF you are heading to Madang town around Saturday, Aug 17 you are in for a feast of Papua New Guinea indigenous cultural body decoration, costumes, singing […]
What is the perfect language?
IN these monthly discussions we answer one question about language in PNG and beyond. This month we are looking at whether we can identify what the perfect language is. “Latin […]
Project breathes new life into Pacific cultures
True Echoes project, funded by Leverhulme Trust and BEIS, to transform awareness of wax cylinder recordings and reconnect them with indigenous communities in the Pacific region. Recordings dating back to […]
Reggae sensation Nakikus lifts PNG to world stage
By MALUM NALU PAPUA New Guinea reggae sensation and tourism ambassador Anslom Nakikus, who is playing with the Lucky Dube Band in Johannesburg, South Africa, says music has a lot […]
Raped and blamed for it
By REBECCA KUKU ESTHER (not her real name) is a 22-year-old young woman from a mixed parentage of Milne Bay and Chimbu. She was only 15 when she gave […]
How the bamboo band came to Madang
Madang province has always been the heart of tourism, taking pride in its pristine rainforests and its breath-taking islands, but bamboo band? Tourists leave Madang with an imprint of Madang’s […]