LIGHTMEDIATION » papuans http://www.lightmediation.net/blog Agence de Reportages Photographiques Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:25:03 +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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]]> http://www.lightmediation.net/blog/index.php/2009/01/24/the-changing-face-of-papua-new-guinea/feed/ 0 The reverse exploration : Papuans are in town… http://www.lightmediation.net/blog/index.php/2008/04/03/the-reverse-exploration-papuans-are-in-town/ http://www.lightmediation.net/blog/index.php/2008/04/03/the-reverse-exploration-papuans-are-in-town/#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:50:23 +0000 Thierry Tinacci http://www.lightmediation.net/blog/?p=342

For over eight months, two – Polobi and Mundeya – invited by photographer , traveled through . Akin to The Persian Letters, they look upon our world and its contradictions with humor and philosophy.

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