Living TRAVEL -
PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
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![]() Entering the mouth of the Sepic River from the Bismarck Sea |
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![]() Our cruise boat |
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![]() Morning mist on the Sepic ![]() |
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![]() Investigating a side stream |
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Mendam Village |
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Our first village stop |
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![]() The "Men's House" |
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![]() Making an armband |
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![]() Typical Sepic canoes - long and narrow dug-outs |
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Tanbanam Village |
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The Men's House - above right and below: decoration on the Men's House |
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![]() Inside the Men's House - and below |
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![]() A family house |
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![]() Now you see the scale of the house above |
![]() Building a new Men's House |
![]() Making a basket |
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![]() Collection of old and new Bilums (string bags) |
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Yentchen Village |
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![]() The Men's House |
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![]() A family house |
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![]() Traditional items for tourists - masks, and copies of ceremonial effigies (below) |
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