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The Wantok System in PNG: A Practical Guide
Understand the wantok system in Papua New Guinea: how kinship obligation works, why it matters for business and aid, and how to navigate it with respect.
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Tok Pisin: A Practical Starter Guide for PNG
Learn Tok Pisin fast with this practical guide: key phrases, how the grammar works, real examples, and common mistakes to avoid when visiting Papua New Guinea.
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How to Experience a PNG Sing-Sing Respectfully
A practical guide to Papua New Guinea sing-sing festivals like Goroka and Mount Hagen: what they are, how to attend, photograph, and behave respectfully.
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Learn Tok Pisin: A Practical Starter Guide
A practical guide to learning Tok Pisin, Papua New Guinea’s lingua franca: core grammar, useful phrases, common mistakes, and a real study plan for beginners.
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Bride Price in Papua New Guinea: A Practical Guide
Understand bride price in Papua New Guinea: what it means, how negotiations work, regional differences, and the common mistakes families should avoid.
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How to Lease Customary Land in Papua New Guinea
A practical guide to leasing customary land in Papua New Guinea safely: ILGs, the lease-leaseback trap, due diligence steps, and mistakes to avoid.
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Getting Around Papua New Guinea by PMV: A Guide
How to travel Papua New Guinea by PMV: fares, routes, how to board, safety tips, and common mistakes travelers make on public motor vehicles.
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The Kula Ring: Ceremonial Exchange Across the Milne Bay Seas
Off the eastern tip of Papua New Guinea, scattered across the Solomon Sea, lie the islands of Milne Bay Province: the Trobriands, the Amphletts, Woodlark, and the volcanic cones of the D’Entrecasteaux group. For centuries the peoples of these islands have been bound together by one of the most studied and misunderstood institutions in the…
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The Bilum: How a String Bag Carries Papua New Guinea
Walk through any market in Papua New Guinea, from the highland towns of Mount Hagen and Goroka to the coastal streets of Lae and Port Moresby, and you will see the bilum everywhere. It hangs from the shoulders of schoolchildren, holds garden produce on the backs of women returning from the fields, cradles sleeping infants…
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Walking the Kokoda Track: History and Memory on a Jungle Trail
Cutting across the Owen Stanley Range of Papua New Guinea, the Kokoda Track is a narrow footpath roughly ninety-six kilometers long that links the village of Kokoda on the northern side of the mountains with Owers’ Corner, not far from Port Moresby, on the southern side. It climbs and descends through some of the most…