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Each year, Mount Hagen hosts the Mount Hagen Cultural Show, one of the largest cultural events in Papua New Guinea. Various regional, provincial, even national tribal dance groups gather to celebrate their cultural heritage in the form of sing-sing. It is also one of the biggest tourist attractions of the country.
A sing-sing scene in Wabag, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. Sing-sing is an annual gathering of tribes or villages in Papua New Guinea.People show their distinct culture, dance and music and share traditions.
Tourism in Papua New Guinea is a fledgling industry but there are attractions for the potential visitor which include culture, markets, festivals, diving, surfing, hiking, fishing and the unique flora and fauna. Papua New Guinea receives an increasing number of visitors each year, with approximately 184,000 international arrivals in 2015. [1]
It is estimated that more than 7000 different cultural groups exist in Papua New Guinea, and most groups have their own language. Because of this diversity, in which they take pride, many different styles of cultural expression have emerged; each group has created its own expressive forms in art , dance , weaponry , costumes , singing, music ...
Western Highlands is a province of Papua New Guinea.The provincial capital is Mount Hagen.The province covers an area of 4,299 km 2, and there are 362,850 inhabitants (2011 census), making the Western Highlands the most densely populated province (apart from the National Capital District).
It was something of a miracle that Kepari Leniata was buried at all. Her body had decayed in the Mount Hagen morgue for nine months before one private citizen finally took the initiative to have her interred. The government had yet to even issue a certificate of death. At the time of this writing, they are still holding inquiries into her murder.
The Goroka Show is a well-known tribal gathering and cultural event in Papua New Guinea. It is a sing-sing held every year close to the country's Independence Day (16 September) in the town of Goroka, the capital of the Eastern Highlands Province. About 100 tribes arrive to show their music, dance and culture. [1]
Mount Hagen District is a district of the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Mount Hagen. At the 2000 census, [1] the population of the district was 86,517 (44,460 males, 42,057 females in 19,214 households): Subdistrict Mt. Hagen Rural: 58,735 (29,513 m, 29,222 f in 13,762 households)