By Norman John Puk
The world renowned Annual Goroka
Cultural Festival is set to be extraordinary according to the Goroka Show
Society during their first meeting held at the Bird of Paradise Hotel on the 12
of May. This year will mark the 59th Goroka Cultural Festival
and it is a biggest and oldest event in the Nation.
The event will be held on the 11th
to 13th of September, 2015 at National Sporting Institute, the hub
of Goroka. Tourists are expected to be flooded in numbers from all over the
world and throughout the country.
Plans and preparations are
currently underway for the annual Goroka Cultural Festival. The Goroka Cultural Show Society had already
gain support from corporate entities in the province and the provincial government.
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| Traditional Dancer from Southern Highlands |
The Goroka Cultural Show Society
has welcomed interested corporate entities to buy the naming right of the first
day event which is the ‘Pikinini Festival’.
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| Central Dancer |
This year’s event is going to be
the biggest in the history and more than 150 cultural groups throughout the
country will take part. This will
feature unique and yet impressive cultural dances which will be put on show to
mark the annual festival.
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| Traditional Dancers from Chimbu & Jiwaka |
The Gate Tickets will be sold at
K5.00 for children and K10.00 for adults and that is for ordinary people
whistle for VIP and Tourists are set forth. The cultural event will take three
days and the first day which is Friday is set for the children and it is called
the “Pikinini Festival”. The Pikinini Festival will be enthralling as primary
aged students all of the country will participate with different programs such
as sporting, traditional dances, and showcase the elements of culture. All
children will enter the gate free on Friday for the Pikinini Festival.
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| Amb Welda Traditional Group from Western Highlands Province |
In addition Miss Goroka Quest will be put on
during the Nights on Thursday and Friday. There will be 16 contestants for the Quest,
two candidates from each electorate from the 8 electorates of Eastern Highlands
Province. The beautiful and pretty young
ladies from the province will compete for the Miss Goroka title.
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| Beauty Quest Contenders from Goroka |
For more information about the Goroka Cultural Show article contact the writer via
email: jnorman135@gmail.com or sms; 73668740
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