Hiri Moale Festival in Port Moresby: an inside look
2024年9月23日 · The 50th Hiri Moale Festival was staged in Port Moresby earlier this year in a show of colour, music, dance, art, food and culture. Carmel Pilotti reports on this year's excellent turnout and speaks to the newly-crowned Hiri Queen.
10 Motu Koitabu beauties vie for crown - Post Courier
2024年3月25日 · A TOTAL of 10 young women from various Motu Koitabu villages contested the 2024 Hiri Hanenamo Queen during the 50th Hiri Moale Festival in NCD during the weekend.
Experiencing Day-1 of Hiri Moale - Post Courier
2024年3月28日 · The 10 Hiri Hanenamo contestants were each holding a mini lagatoi and waited patiently. The moment the people spotted the vessel in the distance, everyone went frantic with joy. Other visitors there, ran down from the stands to wait and the women started to sing and sway their grass skirts.
Ten women are vying to be queen, but the Hiri Hanenamo quest …
2022年4月29日 · Each of the young women represents a traditional village, and they're competing to be named queen as part of the annual Hiri Moale Festival, a celebration of the history and culture of the Motu Koitabu people. The contestants and organisers say the pageant is a modern way to keep culture alive.
Hiri Moale Festival - Papua New Guinea
The contestants sing native Motuan hymns and songs, with the most delicate pitch, accompanied by the beat of the kundu drums. Each contestants performance is a spectacle that cannot be done justice in the prison of a photograph, or the shallowness of a written article.
ELEVALA CELEBRATES YOUNG MISS HENI’S WIN - PNG Haus Bung
2024年3月27日 · The village of Elevala in the city of Port Moresby came alive with joy and celebrations following the crowning of Miss Elevala as 2024 Miss Hiri Hanenamo in the 50th Hiri Moale Festival over the weekend on Sunday, 24th March.
Hiri Hanenamo Crowns Queen – EMTV Online
2019年9月24日 · The 2019 Hiri Hanenamo contestants came out one by one as they gave out the famous call that most associate with the Hiri Moale festival, “Hediaro Bogebada…” swaying to the beat of Motuan chants as they were being judged. 1. Elenia Sardi – Gaire. 2. Janaki Simeon – Kirakira. 3. Winnie Dennis – Boera. 8. Bonie Vaihere – Elevala. 9.
Headline: Gaire Hiri Hanenamo Queen contestant to showcase …
2024年3月15日 · It will be a moment of truth for the the 22-year-old lass from Gaire village in Hiri Koiari district. She will tell her people why she had to raise her hand to become a contestant in the 50th Hiri Moale Festival slated for this month, this year.
Was it a true Hiri Moale festival? - Post Courier
The Hiri Moale Festival is one of a long list of cultural celebrations that showcase the unique traditions, cultures and way of life passed on from generation to generation; in this case that of the Motu and Koita people, alongside their Gulf trading partners.
2024 Hiri Moale contestants and the crowned queen …
2024 Hiri Moale contestants and the crowned queen Congratulations Miss Elevala the crowned Hire Queen. Pics: credz to the photographer Vid: Benjo Mahn.