2009年4月20日月曜日

Singsing in PNG

Singsing is traditional dance in Papua New Guinea(PNG).

Singsing, the word come from "sing" in English.

There are 800 or more language in PNG. It means that there are 800 or more culture in PNG.

Actually each village has their own traditional dance and songs.

When they play Singsing, they wear their original traditional dress with
accessaries which made of shell, pig tasks, dog teeth, feather of Bird of Paradise.

PNG people play Singsing when they have something cerebrating as

harvest, or blide, or initiation for kids.

Also they dance Singsing when they join Cultural show.

Their Cultural shows are held once a year in each places whole of country.

Lots of villager come together and compete their dance.

If they perform well, they can get honoralbe prise.

They think getting prise is greate statas of their own culture.

So they always practice and blush up their dance and singing.
The Goroka Show in Eastern Highland province,
or Hagen Show in Western Highland province,

and also Hiri Moare in Port Meresby in National Capital District

are so famous cultural shows.

More information for cultural show, go to website of PNG Tourism Promotion Authority.




2009年4月2日木曜日

A beautiful place, Madang.


I was in Madang in Papua New Guinea.

It's so beautiful place wher is coral sea, and untouched natural

reinforest with various kind


of fauna and flora.


In the sea, beautiful coral, lots of kind of toropical fishes.


You can enjoy scuba diving. If you were not scuba diver,

you can enjoy snorkelling.

It is easy to see fishes around coral.

For scuba divers, there are many diving spot around the madang


sea, it's easy to reach in 15 or 20 minutes.


Special points are school of ballakuda, with jack fish, Napoleon fish,


and when you are lucky you meet a Hammer head. Unforutnetely I've never see Hammer.


Also I have to say Madang Lagoon is basically good condition. Good visibility,


the currrent is calm basically.

My favorite season is 1st week in March. It's still wet season but no rain every year in this

term. So the condition is the best in a year.

Diving magazene pick up Madang sometimes, and famous photographers publish photo books.

Enajoy Madang Lagoon with books at first please.