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It is estimated that more than one thousand cultural groups exist in Papua New Guinea. Because of this diversity, many styles of cultural expression have emerged. Each group has created its own expressive forms in art, dance, weaponry, costumes, singing, music, architecture and much more. Most of these cultural groups have their own language.
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.
Dewi Sartika [1] was born to Sundanese noble parents, R. Rangga Somanegara and R. A. Rajapermas in Cicalengka on 4 December 1884. [2] [3] As a child, after school she often pretended to be a teacher while playing with her friends.
For people above the age of 15, 65.63% of males and 62.81% are literate in Papua New Guinea, however for the youth, 66.3% of males and 78.79% of females are literate. [14] In 2002, PNG launched the Gender Equity in Education Policy. The aim of this policy was to address the gender gap which occur at all levels of education.
The city borders the Pacific Ocean and Yos Sudarso Bay to the north, the country of Papua New Guinea to the east, Keerom Regency to the south, and Jayapura Regency to the west. With a population of 398,478 according to the 2020 census , [ 4 ] Jayapura is the most populous city in the entire island of New Guinea , surpassing Port Moresby , the ...
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The Lani are an indigenous people in Puncak, Central Papua and Lanny Jaya, Highland Papua, usually labelled 'Western Dani' by foreign missionaries, or grouped—inaccurately—with the Dani people who inhabit the Baliem Valley to the east.
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