The Goroka Show is a segment from a longer video I produced for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America with Rick Steves called “Weaving a Global Neighborhood.”
Papua New Guineans celebrate folk fests more for each other than for the few tourists who visit. The town of Goroka hosts a happy explosion each September when tribes from all over converge for a massive cultural festival known as the Goroka Show. Traditional life thrives here. Each of these dance groups comes from a different region, its name proudly displayed on a signpost. Like our world in general, the four million people of Papua New Guinea are surprisingly diverse. Just about every ethnic group has its own language…imagine 800 different languages in Arizona.
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