How to Appreciate New Guinea's Culture

By eHow Culture & Society Editor

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This mountainous island north of Australia has more than 1,000 tribes, each with its own fascinating culture.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • CD Players
  • VCR Tapes
  • VCRs
  • CDs
  • Airline Tickets To New Guinea
Step1
Pick up a copy of Peter Matthiesson's chronicle of two seasons in Papua New Guinea, "Under the Mountain Wall."
Step2
Follow author Audrey McCollum's decade-long relationship with a highlands woman in "Two Women, Two Worlds."
Step3
Take a look at some fascinating photographs in Andrew Strathern's book, "Man as Art: New Guinea" (photography by Malcolm Kirk), which explores the people behind the incredibly colorful masks and ceremonial regalia of the region.
Step4
Learn how an anthropologist was able to penetrate deep into tribal culture in Tobias Schneebaum's book, "Where the Spirits Dwell: An Odyssey in the New Guinea Jungle."
Step5
Lose yourself in a world of song, birds and insects with Steven Feld's "Voices of the Rainforest," which chronicles the music of the Kaluli people and the way they interact with the sounds of the rainforest.
Step6
Listen to New Guinea's famous 6-foot-long flutes on the album "Sacred Flute Music From New Guinea: Madang," out on Rounder.

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