PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Introduction Page:
http://encarta.msn.com/find/concise.asp?ti=00fd9000

Papua New Guinea Map:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/australia/Papua_New_Guinea.GIF

Papua New Guinea Pictures:
http://www.michie.net/pnginfo/pmstilt.html
http://www.michie.net/pnginfo/pomtwn9.html
http://www.michie.net/pnginfo/pomshw99.html
http://www.chmsupersound.com/land_ux/p10ux.htm
http://www.chmsupersound.com/land_ux/p21uxl.htm
People and dance pictures: http://home.planet.nl/~grims005/pngframe.html
http://members.tripod.com/~Lakoa_Fitina/photos1.html
http://www.pngnetsearch.com/promoting_png/

Music and Dance Pictures:
This is actually a postcard website that contains a few pictures of dancers: http://www.niugini.com/cards/
http://www.michie.net/geraldine/dphoto.html
http://users.techline.com/kzang/pngpics.htm

Music and Dance Information:
http://www.paradiselive.org.pg/tpa/culture.html
PNG Reggae: http://www.chmsupersound.com/cds/png_reg.htm
U of Hawaii Pacific Island Database (can enter search query for island of choice): http://www.hawaii.edu/oceanic/film/graphics.html
Video clips: http://www.chmsupersound.com/video/video.htm
Ritual music: http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/carts/contmusic/musicarchive/PNGRituals.html
Music history (including pictures): http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/carts/contmusic/musicarchive/PNGHistory.html
Instruments (including pictures): http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/carts/contmusic/musicarchive/PNGInstruments.html
http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/carts/contmusic/musicarchive/PNGKundu.html
Pacific Journal website: http://www.ccms.mq.edu.au/perfect_beat/default.html
Papua New Guinea Music website: http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/PNG/topics/Music.htm
CDs:
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=6852ZUE4Z4&ean=723723610621
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=6852ZUE4Z4&ean=28946449028
http://www.chmsupersound.com/cds/pac_pop.htm
http://www.chmsupersound.com/cds/png_trib.htm
Books:
There are many books to be found at www.barnesandnoble.com using keyword searches of "Papua New Guinea Music" and "Papua New Guinea Dance"

Music Samples:
http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/carts/contmusic/musicarchive/PNGMusic.html
http://members.tripod.com/~Lakoa_Fitina/songs.html (some of the links do not work however)
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/5669/sndpng.htm

Shopping Site:
Artifacts/Orchids, etc.: http://www.niugini.com/pngonline/

I found a wealth of general information regarding Papua New Guinea. Many travel sites offer adventure-type packages for tourists, such as scuba diving. As usual, it was a little harder to find information and pictures of music and dance, however once I found a few webpages with especially good links, they weren't too hard to locate. I found many homepages dedicated to Papua New Guinea and many pictures of people in traditional dress at various Papua New Guinea Festivals. Getting to this country is done by air, usually from Australia, but also from other points in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. Within the country, boat, walking, automobile, and airplane are all utilized for transportation. There is lots of blue and green in the Papua New Guinea pictures that I found. Buying Papua New Guinea music would be very easy, there are several CDs out there featuring music from this island. There is also a music studio/producer website that is devoted to selling and promoting its Papua New Guinea music. I found several websites touting Papua New Guinea orchids and their WWII history as well.

 

-- Melissa Wu