Goroka Show
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The Goroka Show, also the Eastern Highlands Agricultural Show, is a well-known tribal gathering and cultural event in Papua New Guinea. It is a sing-sing held every year close to the country's Independence Day (16 September) in the town of Goroka, the capital of the Eastern Highlands Province. About 100 tribes arrive to show their music, dance and culture.[1] The festival started in 1956[2] as an initiative of Australian Kiaps. The first festival was attended by around 10,000 natives and by tourists from around Papua New Guinea and Australia. In recent years it has become a major attraction for both national and international tourists and remains the largest cultural event in Papua New Guinea despite similar shows now being organised in Mount Hagen and other cities around the country.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Behind the masks of Papua New Guinea's Asaro mud men". BBC News. 2016-10-01. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
- ↑ "Vol. XXVI, No.11 ( Jun. 1, 1956)". Trove. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
External links
[edit]- Photos from Goroka Show - 1957 and 1958
- Tribal Gathering: The Goroka Show Archived 2006-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
- (1996) Pancorbo, Luis: "El show de Goroka" en "Fiestas del Mundo. Las Máscaras de la Luna". pp. 141–145. Ediciones del Serbal, Barcelona. ISBN 84-7628-168-4
- Newspaper article on first show
- Magazine article from 1971
- A view from 1982 contrasting it with the Mount Hagen Show
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