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Hela is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Tari. [2] The province covers an area of 10,498 km 2, [3] and there are 249,449 inhabitants (2011 census figures). [4] Hela province officially came into being on 17 May 2012, [5] comprising three districts previously part of Southern Highlands Province.
Ulli Beier, a lecturer in English Literature at the University of Papua New Guinea since 1967, was crucial in encouraging young writers and getting their work published. From 1969 to 1974 he was the editor of Kovave, a journal of New Guinea literature. He also published Papua Pocket Poets, and Pidgin Pocket Plays.
The Yospan dance (Indonesian: Tarian Yospan) is a type of social association dance in Papua which is a traditional dance originating from the coastal regions of Papua, namely Biak, Yapen and Waropen, which are often played by the younger people as a form of friendship. [294]
A Cessna 206 aircraft operated by Missionary Aviation Fellowship crashed close to Tari on March 23, 2006, killing its pilot and injuring 3 passengers. [2] The pilot was a 42-year Swiss man who had been in PNG with the Swiss Mission for 12 years, and left a wife and four children behind.
Piring dance (Minangkabau: Piriang; Jawi: تاري ڤيريڠ) is a traditional Minangkabau plate dance originated and performed in West Sumatra, Indonesia.It is also performed in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
20th–century figurine from East Sepik Province. Papua New Guinean art refers to visual art created in Papua New Guinea or by Papua New Guinean artists.Papua New Guinea has been inhabited by humans for roughly 50,000 years; throughout that period, the hundreds of distinct ethnic groups of the island developed unique artistics traditions and styles.
Picture of Topeng dance performance accompanied by gamelan in Damar Wulan Manuscripts, 1770-1795 AD. A collection of the British Library. Topeng (from Balinese: ᬢᭀᬧᬾᬂ; Javanese: ꦠꦺꦴꦥꦺꦁ, romanized: topèng; [1] Sundanese: ᮒᮧᮕᮨᮔᮌ) is a dramatic form of Indonesian dance in which one or more mask-wearing ornately costumed performers interpret traditional ...
Gandrung dance performance in Balinese manuscripts. A collection of the University of Leiden, Netherlands. Gandrung derives its name from the Javanese word for "love". [1] It is theorized that the dance originated as a ritual dance to express the people's affection for the rice goddess Dewi Sri, [4] with trance and as a kind of fertility dance. [5]