Tribal

The land that time forgot

My coursework has been inspired from the distinct tribes in Papua New Guinea. PNG tribes is rapidly becoming a vanishing culture and before they completely disappear, I wanted to show that extreme remote tribes like in PNG do exist and they ought to be explored. Besides, the culture of PNG is many-sided and complex. Each group has created its own expressive forms in art, dance, costumes, singing, music, architecture and more.

I predominantly represented 6 tribes:

• Meakambut tribe
• Huli tribe
• Karo tribe
• Asmat tribe
• Kaningara tribe (vulnerable to extinction in the years to come)
• Baining tribe
• Goroka tribe

My work evokes cannibalism, witchcraft, beliefs, rituals, landscapes, animals and patterns.

Just sharing, my upcoming posts will be about how my coursework was done!
Enjoy! Nadia :)