Tourists find the PNG bursting with culture. Every year, thousands of tourists flock to Goroka for the Goroka Show.
PNG's cultural festivals are heralded by The Chicago Tribune as "one of the 12 travel wonders of the world" for the genuiness of their culture. According to several travelers’ reviews of PNG, the culture in PNG is so rich that cultural festivals are spread out in May, June, August and September and they vary. The Tumbuna Show is a very intimate look into everyday life of people in PNG and their culture as there are no fences separating visitors from participants.
While some may argue that major Sing-Sing events such as The Goroka Show and The Mt Hagen Show are open to tourists and hence not as authentic due to commercialization; this is not true. Only 300 tourists attended last year's Goroka and Mt Hagen Show compared to the 50,000 locals. Thus, tourists regard these shows as genuinely local festivals, untainted by commercialization.
Tourists are enthralled by the every cultural Huli Wigmen area and local villages which teach about marriage and the duty of being a Huli wife. This area also provides access to the most traditional authentic tribe in PNG.
During tourists’ stay in Karawari or the Sepik region, they noted that some tribes' people seemed to force appearances. However, this region offered a mind-blowing birding for hornbills, rare cockatoos, and rare eclectus parrots.
Tourists are not allowed to access some parts of PNG. However, this is logical rational given that these places are primitive and locals here practice cannibalism.
The culture would be eroded soon as precious birds are endangered by the construction of a gas pipeline, new airstrip and regular logging.
Many tribes come under the group Papuans. Hence, the culture is not as authentic as many tribes are classified under one big group.
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