LIGHTMEDIATION » new guinea http://www.lightmediation.net/blog Agence de Reportages Photographiques Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:23:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Painted warriors. http://www.lightmediation.net/blog/index.php/2009/01/24/the-changing-face-of-papua-new-guinea/ http://www.lightmediation.net/blog/index.php/2009/01/24/the-changing-face-of-papua-new-guinea/#comments Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:48:46 +0000 Thierry Tinacci http://www.lightmediation.net/blog/?p=463

Around 50,000 , descend on Goroka, a small town in the highlands,of Papua , their bodies painted in oil and pig grease, they come in their colorful traditional dress, with face and body paint, feathers, shells and masks. They bring together knowledge passed on through their rich heritages and celebrate with dance, music and costume.The town of Goroka host’s this cultural show’ which is called a sing sing, an annual event, held each September.The sing sing is an intense display of the rich and vibrant cultures. The cultural show can attract up to 140,000 people, including 40,000 painted warriors dancing to the rhythmic thud of the Kundu drums.

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