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FEATURINGWAUWARIA&SOUTHSEA
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AIRPORT
GARASA
Papua New Guinea
Nearest Airport to Garasa is Garaina which is 10.78KM/6.7MILES
Our only mode of transport is North Coast Aviation presently operating. A PAC750XL, C402, and BN2's. http://www.nca.com.pg/employment.htm
The Plane ride shows you to a world of untouched rainforest, rivers and mountains.
CULTURE & traditional art
DUPUASI
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GUHUSAMANE
HOUSE DESIGNS
HOUSE DESIGN
In lowland areas houses are often built on stilts, reducing the risk of them being flooded. Most houses are built of natural materials, especially wood , sago leaves, wild palm stems and bamboo. Roofs are usually thatched, and walls are often constructed using a tiling technique, which creates attractive patterns and overlapping shapes. Important houses will be protected by prominent spirit images, which allow spirits or ancestors to be present as protective forces, guarding over the house and its occupants
HOUSE INTERIOR
Houses built on stilts are usually entered via a ladder. There is often one main room, which is only loosely divided into areas rather than having interior partitions. Furniture is not as unusual as it used to be. Nevertheless, people generally sit on the floor. Food and other precious items are kept in trunks and bags, or hung from hooks suspended from the ceiling.
C A M P I N G A C T I V I T I E S
DUMEQU SARU1STCAMPSITE
The heavens open up at night , & the sky is filled with a sea of stars.
Dumequ; Saru River is the 1st camp site if you are tracking to Mt Tuboro
Potential For White Water Rafting
Swimming River Camping
02THESTATISTICS
Rivers
There are four main river sources in and around the village. All these rivers run into the biggesr river called Waria Rive,r which runs through the Waria Valley -Wau Wari District and out to the sea at Waria Village South Coast Morobe ,H District.
Waria River connects the villages the Wau Waria District to Huon D Waria River is a representation of cultural connection the Wau Wari with the waria villages along the co within the political zoning (Huon
Rivers
HIKING TRAIL HIKING
TuboroMountain,theTrail oftheWarriors.
Tuboro Mountain isn't just a mountain trail.
It is a cultural land mark, migration route, hunting ground, home of the legends and a superstitious creatures.
Tuboro Mountain is half the size of the worlds second highest mountain, mt Wilhelm. Unlike Mt Wilhelm, it is virgin trail known and used only by landowners (those who have the right to enter ). It is a trail of history and human civilization.
GARASA
2 DAYS
TRACK TO TUBORO MT
TUBORO MOUNTAIN SUMMIT
2
T U B O R O S U M M I T
tuboro mountain is 2066 meters above the sea level
. The densed forest made up of moss and tree shrubs ,beautiful forest orchids and home to wild life, tree kangaroo and birds.
Coordinates -07°52'11.8800", 147°18'00.6600"
Waria Bris Kanda
traditional Archetecture in the 21st century
19 March 2020 -photographer RSB Coordinates:
The Warrior's Crossing
TRADITIONAL ACRCHETECTURE
HaveyoueverseentheJawdroppingtraditional handmade canebridgeintheGarainaValleyin theMorobeProvince?Knownasthewaria KandaBris(warriorcanebridge),itisa spectacularpieceofcraft,constructedwith skillspassedonfrompreviousgeneration.
" in the deepest parts of the rain-forest, the men invite the spirits of their ancestors, rivers and mountains calling each spirit by its name "
TheKandabrisprimitivecivilengineering isveryinterestingandbegsaninquisitiveperson toaskquestions.
BRIS KANDA
Story
Alot of superstition surrounds the construction of a cane bridge , which is a very complicated process. The bridge is built by the haus man (a sacred house for boys and men " . there is only one Hausman in the community where all the clans meet, the Poro Guru.
By Marcella Bihoro & Emmanuel Bihoro
there is one head chief in the hausmahn and he is known as the Poro Mai (father of the House). He oversees the entire bridge construction . Culturally, women are not allowed to watch the construction. Instead , they participate in food preparation and gathering cane . They journey through some tough terrains to collect the best cane and they either help tp prepare the food or supply crops from their gardens. The feasting and the call to the ancestral spirits are the key factor in the bridge construction. The feasting motivates the men who will build . certain foods like taro, yam and ferns are brought to the kitchen to be cooked by the women
sweet potatoe and casssava however are not accepted in the food contribution ,because they are such easy crops to grow. In the deepest parts of the rain-forest, the men invite the spirits of their ancestors, rivers and mountains calling each spirit by its name . When the men sense a response to their calls the construction begins at dawn . Because it is so wide, it is impossible to throw anything over the river
. An elderly ,an ties a single can to a Y-shaped twig. He takes the twig in his hand and whispers a few words to the cane . gently he releases the cane from the twig into the flowing river . The cane floats on the intended path through the fast flowing current of the mighty Waria River
When the lone cane reaches the men on the opposite river bank it must be swiftly caught before it sinks . This shows appreciation of how far the cane has come . If the cane is not caught it is believed that someone will befall a serious accident during the construction . To avoid this they must slaughter a pig in humble apology to the spirits that helped the light cane cross the fast flowing river. Every other cane following is pulled across using the first cane (as a pulley) and weaved neatly. They are securely and firmly tied to the nearby trees . Finally, the last cane is tied at the highest point . This task is performed by the lightest boy in the team . Upon completion the cane bridge should last for more than a decade
Haus Man (PORO - GURU)
