| Dates |
Events |
| 25th -27th April |
Gogodala Festival Balimo Western Province |
| 12th-13th June |
Mini Mask Festival Toare Village, Gulf Province |
| 11th-14th July |
13th National Mask Festival Rabaul, ENBP |
| 31st-01st September |
National Garamut Na Mambu Festival Wewak ESP |
| 14th-16th September |
National Bilasim Skin Festival Goroka, EHP |
| 26th-28th October |
3rd National Arts & Crafts Exhibition, Port Moresby NCD |
| 02nd-03rd November |
National Canoe Festival, Alotau Milne Bay Province |
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Registered Cultural Groups
Over the last 120 years of sustained contact
with the outside world, many groups and individuals have nurtured
and maintained traditional cultural activities.
The National Cultural Commission acknowledges these individuals and groups
for their effort as they mostly did this without assistance and guidance from
the Government. These groups and individuals are undergoing tremendous change
and face the danger of losing much of their authenticity. This tremendous pace
of change is very evident in some factors such as performances and costumes.
This has been caused by the influx of cultures from outside the country and
also the intermingling of neighbouring Pacific Island countries and of different
cultural groups within the country itself. These changes within our traditional
cultural group can be called contemporary culture.
The National Cultural Commission recognises that the developing contemporary
culture is important for the now developing Papua New Guinea identity. While
pre-contact Papua New Guinea culture was a fragmentation of hundreds of different
cultures, contemporary culture is now Papua New Guinean. The National Cultural
Commission among its many functions is responsible for the development and
maintenance of culture in Papua New Guinea . This includes the performing aspects
of culture; such as dances, music and other types of performances.
In line with the above, for about nine years now we have been registering cultural
performing groups from all over the country. To date we have a total of more
than 500 cultural groups from around the four regions of the country that are
registered with us. The NCC encourages arts practitioners throughout the country
to register.
Meanwhile, over the years many organisations, both government and non-government,
have engaged some of these groups for performances at functions. Audiences
have been both from overseas visitors and local people.
Occasions of performances have ranged from small office functions to major
international events. With the assistance of the National Cultural Commission,
the service provided by our cultural groups has been of immense help to all
of us and the image of our country.
The fees that you have paid for performances had been greatly beneficial to
the groups.
Since 1993, we have had very little change in fee structure, despite the continuing
increase in costs of living over the years. Two years ago, we have decided
to institute some changes resulting in changes to the fees structure. This
fee structure was effective on the 1st of April, 2001 .
We believe that together with the cultural groups we have provided good valuable
service to your organisation and hope that we continue a close working relationship
with you for the future.
To register your group with NCC, please contact:
Mr. John Uani,
Acting Director, Festival, Marketing & Cultural Extension Services
National Cultural Commission.
The local fee structure for hire of cultural groups in PNG Kina (K) is as follows:
(i). One cultural group: Group fee K550, NCC
Administration fee K50 and Facilitation fee K40.
Total: K640.
(ii). Two cultural groups: Group fee K1100, NCC
Administration fee K100 and Facilitation fee K40.
Total: K1240.
(iii). Three cultural groups: Group fee K1,650, NCC Administration fee K125
and Facilitation fee K40. Total: K1,815.
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