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Thursday, November 15, 2018

PNGTPA to showcase PNG’s Diverse Culture to the world leaders during APEC


Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority (PNGTPA) in conjunction with PNG APEC Authority is showcasing Papua New Guinea’s Cultural Diversity to the world for a half a day at National Football Stadium (NFS) in Port Moresby on Friday.  

Under the theme, “Blending PNG’s Cultural Diversity with the World’’, The PNG Tourism Promotion Authority is anticipating to showcase the PNG’s cultural diversity in a mini cultural show fashion to the world when the APEC leaders meet in Port Moresby. This Friday will be the day when the world will have a glimpse of Papua New Guinea’s cultural diversity at once place.

The Mini Cultural Show is intended to showcase PNG’s diverse culture by staging the performance of cultural groups from PNG’s 22 Provinces.   

The event will feature cultural performances from more than 800 different language groups in Papua New Guinea that are regionally represented as Highlands, Momase, New Guinea Islands and Southern Region.

 Apart from the regional dances, the arts and crafts making, traditional cooking, face painting, basket weaving, local bamboo band which forms the part of PNGTPA’s campaign for Million Different Journey experience in Papua New Guinea. This Mini Cultural Show will feature the cultural aspects of PNG’s Cultural Diversity.

The PNG Mini Cultural Show is centralized in one area to have sufficient time for interaction between the local and the APEC delegates with the objectives being;
  • Give greater exposure of our culture and traditions to our international visitors
  • Create greater awareness of Papua New Guinea as a culturally diverse tourist destination in the region and get inspired to visit
Hosting a Mini Cultural Show will inspire more travelers to visit Papua New Guinea and for the delegates to participate and share their experiences. This opportunity will enable PNGTPA to engage visitors directly through various social media marketing channels and other media outlets to maximize exposure.

This is the only opportunity where our APEC delegates to PNG will get to see, touch and feel the diversity of Papua New Guinea in a day, so brace yourself for the unexpected and be prepared to meet the beautiful people of Papua New Guinea at the PNG Mini Cultural Show.

Apart from the 22 Cultural groups from the respective provinces in PNG which are confirmed to showcase and perform various cultural dances, there are eight (8) of the PNG’s own contemporary genre to sentimental, alternate rock and all-time classical musicians will perform onstage. The old-time favorites like Basil Greg, Laimaka, Robert Okea, Gedix Atage will bring back some memories of the past decades whilst PNG Music Foundation will highlight the importance of contemporary music.  The latest in the PNG music scene and big-name artists like Daniel Bilip and DPJ will also be performing.



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