nativenudity:Hiri Moale Fest, via Best of PNG.The Hiri Moale festival used to take place in Port M
nativenudity: Hiri Moale Fest, via Best of PNG.The Hiri Moale festival used to take place in Port Moresby at the same time as the Goroka show and celebrated the sea and man’s life on it. This colourful festival was originally designed to preserve the Hiri Trade expeditions between the Motu-Koitabu people and the Erema (Kerema) people on PNG’s south-west coast. The Motu-Koitabu would undertake a three-month journey by Lagatoi (traditional canoe) to trade clay pots for sago and canoe logs from the Erema. Today, the festival features traditional dances, the Hiri Queen contest (a beauty pageant), the arrival of the Lagatoi (traditional canoes), canoe racing, musical presentations and an arts and crafts exhibition. The two main venues are at Sir Hubert Murray Stadium and Ela Beach. -- source link