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    naturally by the voices of these three youngsters. They are the winners of the PNG Digicel Stars 3 competition 2012‚ The GLEAMERS! From thousands across Papua New Guinea who auditioned for the singing competition‚ several battled in the 6 (six) heats and only a few made it to the grand finale. Surprisingly‚ the Gleamers snatched every Papua New Guineans dream of becoming a DIgicel Star. The group Gleamers consists of twin sisters Gracelyn and Jaylin Johnhey and a family friend of theirs; Rua Rudoq

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    The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea In this ethnographic work of Annette Weiner‚ we discover the social and economical differences of this distinguished group of people. The trobrianders lived their lives in a much different sense. There life is centered on their Martilineage‚ and the philosophy of family is greatly sacred. The traditions of the trobrianders was of such high ordinance that even Malinkwoski had stated‚ there resilience o the trobiranders to cultural change. The social life of the

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    AusAID – Papua New Guinea Australia’s aid programs with Papua New Guinea did not begin just in the recent decade‚ it originated from a period before World War 2 when grants of approximately $100‚000 were made to Papua New Guinea. In 1950 the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers met in Colombo‚ Sri Lanka‚ and it was here that the Colombo plan was launched‚ providing aid to countries in the south/south-east Asia region. Australia provides a diverse range of aid facilities such as education scholarships

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    Talisman’s LNG in Papua New Guinea A Project Initiation Document written with the purpose of choosing the best approach of our company’s resources in Papua New Guinea Andrei Catalin Onose 29.11.12 Content Summary……….………………………………………………………….. ii 1. Introduction 2.1 Papua New Guinea…………………………………………………………1 2.2 Talisman in Papua New Guinea…………………………………………1 2. Business case…………………………………………………………………2/3 3

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    The people of the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea have been a source of interest to anthropologists since the early 1900s‚ when Bronislaw Malinowski first studied them. In a time when anthropology was "barely established as a formal discipline" (Weiner‚ 1988)‚ Malinowski had an intense interest in ethnographical field work as well as the fascinating culture of the natives of what was then called Papua‚ the southeastern part of mainland New Guinea. The Trobriand way of life is extremely different

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    The Impacts of mining developments in Papau-New Guinea Word Count: 1797 (20% allowance) Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION 4 2.0 BACKGROUND 5 3.0 MINING VIEW OF PNG 6 4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION WITH A POLITICAL INSIGHT 7 5.0 SOCIAL IMPACTS AND DISINTEGRATION 8 6.0 CONCLUSION 9 7.0 RECOMMENDATIONS 10 REFERENCES 11 1.0 Introduction Mining is the

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    case of Kepara Leniata will be used as evidence to support these claims of how women are accused of sorcery. Women in Papa New Guinea are greatly subjected to gender inequality‚ because men in this culture have very little interest in sexuality and their sole concern is reproduction. For example‚ Guardian of the Flutes shows the lifestyle of the Sambian people in Papua New Guinea‚ in which Sambian society views females inferior to men and women are seen as being a form of pollution (Herdt 1994). Men

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    Discuss the traditional place of women in Papua New Guinea society and the changes taking place in contemporary Papua New Guinea. From the earliest time of their life Papua New Guinean women (specifically those of the Papua New Guinean Highlands) are subject to suppression‚ exploitation and malapropism at the hands of the dominant males. From the position as a sexual object to their role as the primary animal farmer‚ women are little more than a subservient to male desire (Brown 1988). Traditionally

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    New Guinea highlanders can go to war with each other to avenge ghosts or to exct revenge for the killing of one of their one. As we have to seen from other reports‚ or lessens we have discussed‚ people don’t seen to comprehend the complex interrelationship among the various parts of their own social system. The leaders of Papua New Guinea see intertribal fighting as a major social problem with severe economic consequences. Although fighting is not new to them‚ warfare seems to re-emerge in 1970s

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    How have people in New Guinea Island adapted to tropical rainforests? Introduction Tropical rainforests are special geographical landscape around the world‚ which are covered with various species of plants and animals. The tropical rainforests are wet and hot. Mean monthly temperatures exceed 18 °C (64 °F) during all months of the year and average annual rainfall is no less than 168 cm. (Woodward‚ 1997)It is obvious very difficult and unsuitable for human to live in‚ although there are many advantageous

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