Images on this page were taken at Nuigini Islands Day on July 12
Singer Danielle Morgan
stadium concourse into a pop- up marketplace: Gulf sago puddings steaming beside Oro carvings, and mothers from Central bagging bundles of pit pit buns for families heading home. UPNG students, still hyped from their morning float parade, criss-crossed the aisles in regional regalia, offering selfie moments to tourists. Niugini Islands The next region to be showcased on July 12 was the Niugini Islands, with the NGI musical bill reading like a coastal greatest hits playlist.
Bougainville singer Tyronn Scott needed only the first guitar strum of his hit “Haluma” to create a surge from fans, with guards unable to hold back the tide of people flooding the front stage, singing at the top of their voices and dancing to the popular song, according to the Post Courier’s coverage. Scott’s follow up, “Ani Eh”, kept more than a thousand voices locked in unison. But Scott’s set was just the start. Pacific Break 2022’s first female winner Danielle Morgan’s (ENB/NIP) soulful vocals had the whole stadium swaying,
Anslom, Mal Meninga Kuri, Mereani Masani and Justin Wellington. NCD Governor Powes Parkop hailed that concert as “a celebration of identity, culture and unity – a perfect tribute as we move closer to our 50th Independence Anniversary”. Away from the stage at the Southern festival, a ring of 40 SME stalls turned the
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