Ples Singsing

A Signature in the Sand

22 December 2020 ANDREW MOUTU This young boy grew up in the village. At the right age, he was enrolled at the small primary school in his home village, Kukipi. However, there were no blackboards or chalk made available to the school. There were no desks for the children to sit on. This caused theContinue reading “A Signature in the Sand”

Coviet-Straggler in Paradise

21 December 2020 GREGORY BABLIS Is this the death of progress? Or the progression of death? NCO – New COVID Order A Trojan-horse For NWO – New World Order Stuck in purgatory A perpetual limbo Is this the new normal? Niupla Pasin protocol. But who knew? WHO knew is who knew Better late andContinue reading “Coviet-Straggler in Paradise”

The Great Mask Debate – To Wear or Not To Wear?

21 December 2020 PAINTING BY LABEN SAKALE JOHN AND WORDS BY GREGORY BABLIS Masks have always been important aspects of Papua New Guinean societies even in contemporary Papua New Guinea (PNG) with their ceremonial uses in singsings (traditional dances or festivals) and the more tourist-oriented festivals today. All regions of PNG had different types ofContinue reading “The Great Mask Debate – To Wear or Not To Wear?”

Ples Singsing i tok: Bikpela sori turu igo long meri, pikinini na ol famili bilong leit Sir Mekere Morauta

Ridim stori bilong dispela gutpela lida man bilong Papua Niugini long hia https://www.pngattitude.com/2020/12/sir-mek-dead-at-74-an-outstanding-leader.html

A NEW POEM: This Fight is Yours!

By Tattiana Abola Edited by Andrew Molen The battle seems like a losing one Your opponent is tougher and stronger You’re afraid and trembling At the sight of his massive guns At the back of your mind, you have lost Not a chance of winning Is it because you are weak? The crowdContinue reading “A NEW POEM: This Fight is Yours!”

When culture & commerce clash – a new novel about PNG

Keith Jackson & Friends: PNG Attitude, 14 December 2014 PHIL FITZPATRICK ‘The People of the Bird’ by Mike Jelliffe, Nenge Books, November 2014, paperback, 200 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0-9925620-0-7, ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-9925620-1-4. Order online for $11 (plus postage) here or email Nenge Books here THERE are two stories in Mike Jelliffe’s debut novel, The People of the Bird.Continue reading “When culture & commerce clash – a new novel about PNG”

Pona

Keith Jackson & Friends: PNG Attitude, 11 June 2014 IMELDA GRIFFIN An entry in The Crocodile PrizeKina Securities Award for Poetry My eyes refuse to sleep But when I close my eyes In my mind’s eye I see my mother I am combing her hair and she is telling me a story Of a daughter,Continue reading “Pona”

Ples Singsing i tok PNG Authors for PNG Readers

MICHAEL DOM – Ples Singsing Masterminds On Monday 7th December Engan author Daniel Kumbon launched Victory Song of Pingeta’s Daughter, a 400-page book which attempts to trace the history of the Wabag district and Enga Province in general. Keith Jackson AM on the PNG Attitude Blog also tweeted that “PNG history has most often beenContinue reading “Ples Singsing i tok PNG Authors for PNG Readers”

She is the liquid night

BY MICHAEL DOM She is the liquid night The fluid obsidian chalice She engulfs me Her breath is frangipani It is the air I breathe She permeates me In her starlit vision In her saltiness She inspires me She is in lahara The gifts she bares She subdues me Her laughterContinue reading “She is the liquid night”

Gag-gauamo: The baby cleansing ritual of the Upper Simbu

Keith Jackson & Friends: PNG Attitude, 22 June 2014 ARNOLD MUNDUA An entry in The Crocodile PrizeCleland Family Award for Heritage Writing Gag-gauamo, or baby cleansing, in Kuman dialect, was one of many obligatory rituals performed on new born babies in the Upper Simbu and other parts of Simbu Province in pre-modern times. Gag-gauamo wasContinue reading “Gag-gauamo: The baby cleansing ritual of the Upper Simbu”