PNG mourns its Grand Chief An East Sepik man Devoted to family A peace loving man With wisdom unchallenged
PNG mourns its Grand Chief
As good leaders do, he fought With his brothers bonded as one People from mountains, swamps, seas Though some were against Leaders don’t surrender to frailty
PNG mourns for its Father
He led with determination to rid Racism, discrimination, servanthood Wanted children to learn, And to explore the world What is ours must remain ours forever
PNG mourns for the Grand Chief of Chiefs
For such a great Grand Chief Ten million people and Eight hundred cultures Mourn in diverse ways To salute, respect and honour him
PNG was born as a country With you as father As honourable chief for so long Now close your tired eyes on us You peacefully served so long on
PNG mourns for Papa Sana
May you know in your spiritual life The country you fathered and groomed Will live to eternity free, and proud, That was your very desire, your dream Our Great Grand Chief will be remembered As as long as our flag freely flies
Ples Singsing is envisioned to be a new platform for Papua Niuginian expressions of creativity, ingenuity and originality in art and culture. We deliberately highlight these two very broad themes as they can encompass the diverse subjects, from technology, medicine and architecture to linguistics, music, fishing, gardening et cetera. Papua Niuginian ways of thinking, living, believing, communicating, dying and so on can cover the gamut of academic, journalistic or opinionated writing and we believe that unless we give ourselves a platform to talk about and discuss these things in an open, free and non-exclusively academic space that they may remain the fodder for academics, journalists and other types of writers alone. New social media platforms have given every individual a personal space to share their feelings and ideas openly, sometimes without immediate censure. The Ples Singsing writer’s blog would like to provide another more structured platform for Papua Niuginian expressions in written, visual and audio formats while also providing some regulation of the type and content of materials to be shared publicly.
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