PAPUA NEW GUINEA

IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA THEIR CULTURE IS MANY SIDED AND COMPLEX.  IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAN 1000 CULTURAL GROUPS EXIST IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA.  MANY HAVETHEY HAVE DIFFRENT CULTURAL EXPRESSION IN ART, PADANCE , WEAPONS, SINGING AND COSTUMESTO UNIFY THE COUNTRY HAS EVOLVED INTO A LINGUISTIC FRANCA WITH DIVERSE GROUPS IN A FRANCACOMMUNITY IN THE NEWS MEDIA.  PEOPLE LIVE IN THE VILLAGES  AND RELY ON SUBSISTENCE FARMIMNG WITH SWEET POTATOES AND TARO.  THEY RAISE PIGS.  THEY HUNT , COLLECT WILD PLANTS OR FISH, DEPENDING ON THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT.  THEY HUNT COLLECT WILD PLANTS OR FISH, DEPENDING ON THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT.  THOSE WHO ARE SKILLED  IN FARMING   THOSE WHO ARE SKILLED IN FARMING, HUNTING OR COLLECT WILD POTATOES AND PLANTS, DEPENDING ON THE SEASON.  THOSE WHO ARE SKILLED IN HUNTING FISHING ARE GENEROUS AND EARN RESPECT HERE.

ON THE SEPKIK RIVER THERE IS A WORLD REKNOWN TRADITION OF WOOD CARVING .  THEY CARVE WOOD CREATURE FORMS FORMS OF OF PLANTS ON ANIMALS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THESE ARE THEIR ANCESTORS BEING IN FEEL BEAUTIFUL.  THEY ALSO CREAT TRADITIONAL SKILLS SKILLED PORTRAITS.  ALSO  WELL REPRESENTED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD IS THE MELAGAN CARVING TRADITION.

BEFORE 1933 SEA SHELLS WERE USED AS CURRENCY.  THIS HERITAGE IS STILL IN LOCAL CUSTOMS.  A  GROOM MUST BRING THE BRIDE SOME SOME PRICE TO THE WEDDING CEREMONY.  IN SOME CASES THIS IS A PAID IN CLAM SHELLS.  SOMETIMES A DOWRY IS THE BRIDE PRICE.
THEY MAY USE SHELL MONEY, FOOD, PIGS, OR CASH.  THESE FOLKS ENGAGE  IN SING SINGS.  THESE ARE RITUALS WHERE THEY PAINT THEMSELVES AND DRESS THEMSELVES WITH FEATHERS PEARLS AND ANIMAL SKINS TO BE BIRDS, TREES, MOUNTAINS, OR SPIRITS.  SOMETIMES AN IMPORTANT EVENT WOULD BE PART OF FESTIVAL.

CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES DISAPPROVED OF DISAPPROVED OF PAPUAN FOLK MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE COLONIALPERIOD OF THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY .  THE OUTSIDE WORLD KNEW ABO0UT TTHE PERIOD OF THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY.  THE OUTSIDE WORLD KNEW THEIR HISTORYOF DIVERSE MUSIC.  AFTER 1872 FOREIGNERS KNEW LITTLE OF ABOUT THEIR HISTORY OF INTRODUCED OF DIVERSE  MUSIC.  AFTER 1872 FOREIGNERS INTRODUCED CHRISTIAN HYMES.   POLYNESIAN HYMES WERE INTRODUCED NOW.  DURING GOLD RUSH THE AUSTRALIANMINERS WERE INTRODUCED INTO THIS PERIOD.  THEY BROUGHT THE MOUTH ORGAN.  THEY HAVE TRADITIONAL CELEBRATIONS THAT INCLUDED SONGS AND DANCES.  THEY HAVE A RICH AND DIVERSE TRADITION OF VISUAL ART.  THEY CARVE WOODEN CANOESMASKS, CANOES, AND STORY BOARDS AND ARE WORLD FAMOUS FOR THEM  MANY MASKS ARE IN MUSEUMS.MUSEUMS  IN DIFFRENT COUNTRIES.  MANY CARVERS HAVE WON AWARDS.
ON THE SEPKIK RIVER THERE IS A TRADITION OF WOOD CARVING.  THEY CREATE PLANTS AND ANIMALS THEY BELIEVE THESE ARE THEIR ANCESTOR BEINGS AND THEY FEEL THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL.  THEY CREATE TRADITIONAL SKULL PORTRAITS. 
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