Papua New Guinea

  • Goroka Show feature

    80 Senses #78… Goroka Show

     

    Papua New Guinea is as close as you can get to frontier travel in this day and age. The interior of the country (the Highlands) remained completely uncharted until the 1930s when gold prospectors who had assumed the area was uninhabited due to the rugged terrain found over a million people still living a virtually stone age lifestyle.

    Things are changing fast, but outside the main cities, traditional life and culture still prevails in the villages and it is fascinating to see. Very considerately (for visitors), there is a strong tradition of gatherings or ‘sing-sings’ where various tribes meet up to show off their particular dances and idiosyncratic ceremonial costumes.

    Traveller:
    Neill
    Experience:
    80 Senses
    Country:
    Papua New Guinea