Every year, more than 100 tribes gather for what would be the biggest festival of the year in Papua New Guinea, The Goroka Festival. In this special event you get to see the tribes wearing spectacular clothes and makeup singing and dancing for an entire weekend. You can read more about the festival on this site.
What is the Goroka Festival
It has been told that this tradition began when these tribes were defeated in a tribal ” payback ” raid and they color their faces with white mud to make themselves look more fierce. The festival attracts many tourists from around the world and the images below prove it is one of those things you just have to see to believe. If you ever visited such a place, you will enjoy these images, please let us know in the comments what you think.
Here’s a video of the popular Goroka Festival in action:
Such great makeup on the annual Goroka Festival
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The hat is the shit! I need this
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The kids love this time of the year, getting a chance to show off their skills
Gold face and beard, can’t go wrong
Trying to blend in with nature
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Simple but great design of costumes and color
The dots on the face is a unique makeup art saved for this festival
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Will you wear that nose ring?
Don’t mess with the tribe
Such a powerful image
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Showing off their weapons of choice
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All yellow, all the time – The Goroka Festival is a lively one
Yellow and green
Playing some music
War faces. But they seem so nice
Image by: Trey Ratcliff
Image by: Trey Ratcliff
Image by: Trey Ratcliff
Image by: Trey Ratcliff
Image by: Trey Ratcliff
Image by: Trey Ratcliff
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