From the Film Australia Collection. Made by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1965. Directed by Boris Cook.November 16 is International Day For Tolerance and in support of that goal we offer this remarkable film. Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea 1963, and various regional tribes come together to celebrate their cultural heritage at one of the first Mount Hagen Shows. These events were designed to bring people together and encourage ideas of a united nationhood and to promote tolerance and peace in a country with over 700 different language groups, most of whom had had no contact with people outside their own tribe until recent times. Opened by Australia's Governor General Lord De L'Isle, the film is a record of the good will of all involved as thousands of men and women wearing full traditional costume and adorned with 'bilas bilong singsing' intermingle at the showground. Under elaborate headdresses and body paint, they sing and dance to the mesmeric rhythm of their drums. Elsewhere, brass and pipe bands march and play rousing military airs and crowds wander round the sideshows. As well as the traditional dancing, they enjoy watching equestrian events, spear throwing competitions, bicycle races and riding on the ubiquitous dodgem cars.
The Mount Hagen Show
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