Papua New Guinea - Opening Ceremony FestPAC 2024

Papua New Guinea enters the Opening Ceremony of the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture. More than 2,200 delegates from 27 Pacific nations will gather for 10 days of cultural exchange, appreciation, and celebration at various venues across the island. More than 50 festival events, including the opening and closing ceremonies, Festival Village, heritage dance and contemporary music performances, heritage arts demonstrations, visual arts exhibits, and more.

[@AlfredFaiteli]

Please PNG more organised respectful orderly solemn presentation in future especially in the opening ceremony. The world is watching!

[@jamiemaku434]

No NGI represented 😢

[@augustinagari513]

Unfair representation,they should also explain our different culture, explain
The traditional attire they are wearing,the costumes,the feathers, the war cry and such.

[@SniderKoba]

Absolutely unorganized.where are other provinces??? PNG full of Nepotism. What the shame!!!!

[@julielaben450]

VERY TRUE. It is such a same

[@MargretwakiNime]

They Only select Family and friends as always

[@malicktjmatiabeyuwi7587]

I agree those promoters neglected to add in best traditional dancers from 4 regions of PNG. If not mixture of them .

[@JuniorVanaLoto]

Tru²

[@malicktjmatiabeyuwi7587]

11:21 All boring performers are represented there. All best PNG dancers are missed out. Wrong Polynesian Woman PNG has estimated population over 25 million.

[@ALLANDANLAWYERS]

UNORGANIZED PRESENTATIONS. CAN THEY DO BETTER? LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE OF OTHER COUNTRIES. WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR PEOPLE.

[@RoyMoke]

Where are the world known Asaro Mudman,???

[@philipanjokippah5409]

Where is the true clolour of PNG? It's not black. Please, enough of artificial colours😢

[@samendican2124]

Pride is killing us

[@LamatoPaqali-gc4gq]

Millions of kina spent on travel and accommodation for this unnecessarily large number of delegates

[@MargretwakiNime]

Very true, hospitals in PNG are running out of medicines and yet the government spends money on traveling and accommodations.thats funny

[@Dinnymay-q7d]

Are u kidding me, look at the bigger picture, this is an important event of the entire Pacific Nations coming together in Unity

[@TutevetaOtiwani]

Gift from Trobiand and Trobiands dancers should be on stage dancing

[@malicktjmatiabeyuwi7587]

Exactly PNG fail on adding their dancers. Totally ignorant people.

[@michaelcamillushiva7053]

Poorly organized.. Waste of People's money..

[@racheltordoff32]

They are so un organised
They can't even dance properly

[@pitakaipel-fi2ji]

Because.. 8500 plus language and land of 1000 tribes!!! That's Why they are always unorganise, not like our Pacifica brothers and sisters..

[@katahi0749]

Real😭😊

[@augustinagari513]

Manus, trobrians and the firedancers from the Tolais should be there too.

[@malicktjmatiabeyuwi7587]

Exactly, trops, kiwai, sepik Garamut, Manus, Tolai, buka and others too.

[@SamsonPariagua]

Other providence, colours are not beautiful,the colour appears on the stage there is so where's that colour from ? That is the colour and that is the colour for everything,just keep your mouth shout and stay .

[@myjohoanboara8979]

Wow ,❤🙏🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾from kanaky new caledonia

[@ATIL_52]

💚

[@RandallRobert-qk1fq]

Wanbel PNG is diverse in traditional colour expect the unexpected

[@kevinyowait2463]

Yes
What happened to other provinces?
What a biased selection.
Is it due to financial constraints? 🤔
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