Festival's Sherpa website describes the Mount Hagen Cultural Show as the most brilliant cultural diversity. The ABC News Channel Australia describes the festival as the most flamboyant and spectacular performances while the Skerah Papua New Guinea website thinks its a the biggest cultural ceremony of the year.
The random photographs below is a taste of what it is like to wander amongst the tribal groups at the festival.
Start planning now to explore the Mount Hagen Cultural Festival in 2017 on a trip designed around this exciting cultural experience.
Happy viewing!
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| Sili-muli girls from Enga. |
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| Skeleton dancers! |
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| The bright colours of Tambul. |
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| Gaim Engwal Kuru-ware dancers from Tambul. |
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| A tribe from Jiwaka Province. |
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| Sili-muli girls from Enga Province! |
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| Visitors with the mud-men! |
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| Women resting after performance. |
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| Welda girls from Hagen Central. |
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| Mud-men with long figures |
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| Part of the crowd at the show. |
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| Jiwaka girls. |
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| In the hit of the performance. |
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| Young girls from Southern Highlands taking the lead. |
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| The wonders! |
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| A glimpses through the lenses from the distance! |
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| Welcoming guests on a red-carpet. |
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| The welda girls! |
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| The Morobean dancers in their styles! |
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| Boys from Nebilyer! |
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| The Sili-muli girls |
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| The Nebilyer rangers! |
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| Siasi cultural group performers from Morobe Province with singer dance! |
A video by of the Mount Hagen Cultural Festival in 2015. The two day event, is one of the biggest tribal and traditional ceremonies of the year. Villagers from all over the region come to showcase their costumes, music, dance and culture. The festival has been running since the 1960s and was originally about promoting and preserving the indigenous PNG cultures! by Ken Dog on YouTube. Enjoy!
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