The amazing life of the Papuans from New Guinea. You haven’t seen such people yet!

One of the most amazing countries in the world, Papua New Guinea has a wide cultural diversity. Its territory contains about 85 different ethnic groups, there are about the same number of languages, and all this despite the fact that the population of the state does not exceed 7 million people.

Papua New Guinea is striking in the heterogeneity of nations, the country has a huge number of indigenous ethnic groups. The most numerous are the Papuans who inhabited New Guinea before the arrival of the Portuguese sailors. Some of the Papuan tribes today have almost no contact with the outside world.

Each year, an Independence Day is held on the island. Feathers of various exotic birds and many shell ornaments serve as a festive outfit for this Papuan. Once upon a time, shells were used here instead of money, now they are a symbol of prosperity.

This is how the spirit dance performed by the Huli tribe living in the Southern Highlands looks like.

During the Independence Festival, a Gorok festival is held. Papuan tribes believe in spirits and honor the memory of deceased ancestors. On this day, according to tradition, it is customary to completely cover the body with mud and perform a special dance to attract good spirits.

This festival is quite famous, it is a very important cultural event for local tribes and takes place in the city of Goroka.

Tari is one of the largest settlements in the Southern Highlands. Traditionally, a resident of this settlement looks like this ...

About a hundred tribes take part in the Gorok festival. All of them come to show their traditional culture, to demonstrate their dances and music. This festival was first organized by missionaries in the 1950s.

To see the real culture of various tribes, in recent years, tourists have also come to the festival.

As a decoration, tribal residents often use the beak of a rhinoceros bird. Her bright feathers are also used, for example, in the manufacture of hats.