Huhu War Canoe Festival

Gummi Fridriksson is passionate about all things PNG and enjoys sharing his vast knowledge, and local insights, through his blogs.

Against a backdrop of incredible natural beauty, Papua New Guinea’s Milne Bay Province was once a site of fearsome tribal battles, where villagers regularly raided each other, arriving by canoe.

Now that culture is set to be remembered and celebrated as part of the fifth annual Huhu War Canoe Festival in November.

So let’s take a sneak peek at one of the most unique and intimate festivals in Papua New Guinea and the traditions it preserves.