Papua New Guinea: A Living Tapestry

Aerial view of Kumbun Village of the Arawe Islands in Papua New Guinea.
A helicopter landed on a rocky riverbank near the clear blue Bariman River, surrounded by lush green Papua New Guinea rainforest.
Aerial view of a village with thatched-roof houses surrounded by the lush green rainforest of Papua New Guinea.
A Huon Mountains big sister carrying her baby brother on her back in front of her house in remote Papua New Guinea.
Huon Peninsula Papua New Guinea woman dressed in traditional attire during a cultural celebration in her remote village.
Aerial view of rural village surrounded by palm trees and rainforest, featuring small thatched-roof houses in Papua New Guinea.
Strickland River Gorge landscape with lush green hills and a flowing river under a partly cloudy sky in Papua New Guinea
Aerial view of Tavurvur Volcano Papua New Guinea surrounded by blue and turquoise waters under a partly cloudy sky.
Aerial view of a lush green forest with small clearings and scattered houses, surrounded by dense trees and rainforest vegetation in Papua New Guinea.
Helicopter parked in a village clearing with rainforest and mountains in the background, near a small wooden house in Papua New Guinea. A child stands nearby looking at the helicopter.
Papua New Guinea Mountain village with thatched-roof house, surrounded by clouds and lush rainforest high in the Huon Peninsula
Helicopter parked on grassy clearing in a remote village with traditional thatched houses, surrounded by lush mountains and local villagers gathered nearby in the Sarawaget Range Papua New Guinea.
Aerial view of a lush green Papua New Guinea rainforest with a river running through, surrounded by large rocks and dense vegetation.
Interior of a traditional thatched Papua New Guinea village home with wooden beams, grass walls, and a stone-covered fireplace in the Huon Ranges.
Aerial view of a lush green Papua New Guinea rainforest with a winding river and helicopter.
Aerial view of a helicopter on a grassy area surrounded by dense green rainforest vegetation in Papua New Guinea.
Aerial view of a lush green rainforest with cascading waterfalls and turquoise river in Tuke Village Papua New Guinea.
Aerial view of a helicopter on a small clearing for birdwatching surrounded by dense rainforest in Papua New Guinea
Helicopter on rocky riverbank with people nearby, surrounded by dense rainforest and mountains in Papua New Guinea
A helicopter is parked on a grassy area in a mountainous region, with a partly cloudy sky. Two children are standing nearby, observing the helicopter in the Finisterre Range Papua New Guinea
A mother with a newborn baby in a traditional bilum bag on her back stands in a field with a helicopter in the background in the Aldebert Range Papua New Guinea.
Scene of a tropical rainforest with a traditional house and people standing outside on grassy terrain waiving at a helicopter in Papua New Guinea
Group of people in traditional ceremonial attire with feathered headdresses and body paint, gathered outdoors on grassy terrain with mist in the background high in the Finisterre Range Papua New Guinea.
Rustic bamboo bridge over a flowing river surrounded by rocks and lush green forest in the Huon Peninsula Papua New Guinea.
A scenic view of a grassy hillside with rolling mountains in the background under a partly cloudy sky in Papua New Guinea.
Silhouette of a man performing the Baining Firedance in a Papua New Guinea Village
Helicopter on grassy hill with mountains in background under a cloudy sky in Papua New Guinea.
A figure in a dark setting near a large bonfire, with sparks flying upwards during a Baining Firedance in Papua New Guinea
A man with earth-colored paint and decorations on his body is holding an intricately carved archeological significant Lapita Pot, standing in front of a rock wall with handprint pictographs in Papua New Guinea
A Sepik River Papua New Guinea villager with intricate scarification patterns on his back.
Spiritual dance in a Papua New Guinea mountain village.
Aerial view of lush green rainforest with multiple cascading waterfalls flowing out of limestone caves in the Nakanai Range Papua New Guinea.
Aerial view of a lush green rainforest with scattered small houses in the heart of the Nakanai Range above the Bariman River in Papua New Guinea.
Cave effluence headwaters of the Bariman River, Nakanai Range Papua New Guinea.
Aerial view of massive Nare Doline circular sinkhole with river flowing through it in the Nakanai Range Papua New Guinea.
Interior of a limestone cave in the Nakanai Range Papua New Guinea.
Aerial view of a lush green valley with winding turquoise Bariman River flowing through it, surrounded by dense rainforested mountains of Papua New Guinea.
Ancient cave paintings featuring handprints and animals in a limestone cave on the Huon Coast of Papua New Guinea.
Boy holding a large fragment of ancient Lapita Pottery in Papua New Guinea.
Aerial view of lush green rainforest surrounding a village of thatched roof houses in Papua New Guinea.
Village high on the Saruwaged Range of the Huon Peninsula Papua New Guinea.
A group of traditionally dressed people performing a cultural dance in the lush mountainous surroundings of a remote village in Papua New Guinea.
A group of women wearing traditional leaf and feather attire, with white face paint, standing outdoors among in a remote village in Papua New Guinea's Huon Peninsula.
Aerial view of a tropical beach with turquoise water, sandy shore, and lush vegetation of the Huon Coast Papua New Guinea.
Aerial view of a rural village with grass-covered thatched roof houses, surrounded by lush rainforest in the Kopiago District of Hela Province Papua New Guinea.
Helicopter perched atop a village ridgetop clearing with the Papua New Guinea Rainforest in the background.
View of the turquoise mineralized waters of the Bariman River in the Nakanai Range winding through the rainforest mountains of Papua New Guinea New Britain Island.
Helicopter flying over lush green rainforest and tall mountains of the Finisterre Range of Papua New Guinea's Huon Peninsula.
Group of Huon Peninsula villagers in traditional costumes with feathers and beads perform a sing sing in the Mountains of Papua New Guinea
Aerial view of the end of the Highlands Highway in Papua New Guinea as it descends towards Lake Kopiago.
Mountains and Rainforests of Papua New Guinea's Huon Peninsula.
Aerial view of a lush green landscape with a river winding through grassy plains and scattered patches of trees, surrounded by rolling hills and low clouds near Blackwater Lakes, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
Aerial view of a winding turquoise Bariman River surrounded by lush green rainforests of Papua New Guinea's New Britain Island.
View of the Arawe Islands West New Britain Province Papua New Guinea.
Aerial view of a helicopter on the rocky riverbank of the turquoise Bariman River bordered by thick rainforest in Papua New Guinea.
Aerial view of a small rural Aldebert Mountain village surrounded by dense green rain forest and mountains of Madang Province Papua New Guinea.
Aerial view of a small rural Baining Village with thatched roof houses in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain Province.
A group of people in traditional attire with feathers, plants, and body paint, gathered in front of a helicopter in the mountains of the Huon Peninsula Papua New Guinea.
Aerial view of turquoise waterfalls and lush green rainforest of Tuke Village, Nakanai Range Papua New Guinea.
Aerial view of a river flowing through a lush green rainforest of East Sepik Province Papua New Guinea.
Two Bosavi women with face paint and traditional attire preparing for an all night sing sing in a remote village in Papua New Guinea.
Child in traditional attire holding a cuscus in a remote Bosavi Village of Papua New Guinea.
Group of Bosavi villagers in a lush tropical rainforest with large trees and thick vegetation in Papua New Guinea.
Close-up of hands holding a spiky black caterpillar with red and white markings in Bosavi Papua New Guinea.
Bosavi Villagers wearing traditional attire preparing a mumu with sago, sweet potato, taro, banana, fern leaves and pig in Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea Bosavi woman and child preparing sago in green bamboo segments that will be placed over the fire to cook.
Papua New Guinea Mt. Bosavi long house doorway entrance.
Chief of a Mt. Bosavi Papua New Guinea village dressed for a cultural wedding ceremony.
Three Bosavi women in traditional attire returning from the garden in Papua New Guinea.
Materials for creating a traditional tattoo in a remote Bosavi village of Papua New Guinea.
Bosavi man wearing traditional tribal attire with a feathered headdress and a necklace made of shells and tusk, set in a rainforest background of Papua New Guinea.
Woman preparing for an all night cultural celebration in the Mount Bosavi area of Papua New Guinea.
The smiling faces of Papua New Guinea Children in a remote village of the Southern Highlands Province.
A young Bosavi man prepared for the hunt in Papua New Guinea.
Three children enjoy the warmth of a campfire in the cool rainforest morning near Mt. Bosavi Papua New Guinea.
Preparation of a temporary bush camp house inside Mt. Bosavi Crater, Papua New Guinea.
Creek inside Mt. Bosavi Crater in Papua New Guinea.
A weatherproof roof made of the largest banana leaves on earth that grow wild inside Mt. Bosavi Crater, Papua New Guinea.
Sunrise over the Kikori River, Southern Highlands Province Papua New Guinea.
A Bosavi woman wearing traditional attire in the rainforest of Papua New Guinea.
Grass skirts and Bilum Bags sway during a cultural celebration in Papua New Guinea's Mt. Bosavi region.
Mt. Bosavi community longhouse made of bush materials in a remote village of the Southern Highlands Province Papua New Guinea.
Bosavi villagers gathering the largest banana leaves on earth to use as weatherproof roofing material for a temporary bush camp house inside Mt. Bosavi Crater Papua New Guinea.
Bosavi woman dressed in traditional attire Papua New Guinea.
Waterfall cascading down a rocky cliff surrounded by lush greenery, with people standing on large boulders and a small pool at the base.
Aerial view of uninhabited Puskanai Island of New Hanover, New Ireland Province Papua New Guinea.
Children carrying wild ferns back to the village to be cooked with the evening community meal in Tuke Village Papua New Guinea.
River emerging from a large limestone cave near Tuke Village Papua New Guinea.
Bosavi women return from the garden with garden produce and bamboo in their woven Bilum Bags in Papua New Guinea.
Huon Peninsula highlands in Papua New Guinea children smiling and laughing near their traditional village nearby.
Ulawun Volcano of West New Britain Province Papua New Guinea seen from Bago Village at sunset.
Huon Mountains village in Papua New Guinea.
Villagers in traditional attire performing a cultural celebration in the Huon Mountains, Papua New Guinea.
Two Mt. Bosavi children laugh in remote Papua New Guinea.
A Baining chief inside his thatched roof home in his mountain village of Papua New Guinea.
Helicopter landing in Aluni Village of Hela Province's Kopiago District Papua New Guinea.
Normanby Island Papua New Guinea grows some of the largest pineapples in the world.
Traditional thatched-roof houses in a Saruwaged Range village deep inside Papua New Guinea's Huon Peninsula.
Smiling children of West New Britain Papua New Guinea with Ulawun Volcano in the background.
Baining Mountain Chief in his customary rainforest land in Papua New Guinea.
Village children of an East Sepik coastal community opens green coconuts for drinking in Papua New Guinea.

Ariel View of a traditional Papua New Guinea ridgetop village of the Aldebert Range, Madang Province.