#goroka

[famousinuniverse]

Goroka, Papua New Guinea: Goroka Cultural Show 2024... Goroka is the capital of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a town of approximately 19,000 people, 1,600 meters above sea level. It has an airport and is on the "Highlands Highway", about 285 km from Lae in Morobe province and 90 km from the nearby town of Kainantu also in the Eastern Highlands. Wikipedia

[folkfashion]

Goroka man, Papua new Guinea, by Jimmy Nelson

[just-wanna-travel]

Goroka, Papua New Guinea

[sheltiechicago]

Shot for Smithsonian Magazine. Life in Papua New Guinea is a tough life. Whether you are in the jungles of the Highlands or the cities of Port Moresby or Goroka. Nearly 400 portraits taken over a three-year mission. A small glimpse into a world very unknown.

Photographer:  Sandro Miller

Company/Studio: Sandro Productions

International Photography Awards 2018

[bulkbinbox]

sing-sing, goroka, stephen dupont

[global-musings]

Lufa boys

The indigenous population of the world’s second largest island is one of the most heterogeneous in the world. The harsh terrain and historic inter-tribal warfare has led to village isolation and the proliferation of distinct languages. A number of different groups are scattered across the highland plateau.

Lufa is a town in the Eastern highlands at the foot of Mount Michel with a population under 1000. Their tradition and culture has been strongly influenced over decades by Western society from evangelist missionaries to Facebook, but traditions and customs remain strong.

Location: Lufa, Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Photography: Jimmy Nelson

[indigenouswisdom]

Asaro Mudmen of the Goroka people Legend tells that the Goroka were almost eliminated by their most feared enemy tribe and were forced to flee into the Asaro River. They waited until dusk before attempting to escape. As they hid, they used the grey mud of the Asaro to fashion masks with which to disguise themselves. That night, the Goroka men rose from the river and were spotted by the enemy tribe who, upon sighting the naked grey-white men, believed they were witnessing living spirits and fled to their village in fear.  The Asaro now perform this ritual to ward off their own evil spirits, creating grotesque masks made with animal jaws and teeth, claws and horns, sculpted from the rivers’ mud. They add sharpened bamboo sticks to their fingers as elongated claws. The mudmen prowl through the jungle at night, casting fear and trepidation into any spirit or neighbouring tribe who sees them.

[duncangabi]

#PapuaNewGuinea

#Goroka

#Culture