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National Mask Festival

Traditional and popular festivals · Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

National Mask Festival — poster / official photo
Official poster or photo of the festival (fiche Festival TV ).
Dates
8-10 July 2026
Venue
Kokopo, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
Genres
Traditional and popular holidays

The festival

The National Mask Festival — the masks and the Warwagira festival — has been celebrating the masked cultures of Eastern New Britain since 1995 in Kokopo, Takubar Showground. It opens at dawn by the Kinavai: the secret tolai societies of the Tubuan and Duk-Duk arrive in pirogue in the morning light, with the sound of kundu drums and taboo exchanges, the currency of shells. At night, the Baining perform their famous fire dance, walking and dancing in flames.

Three days, from 8th to 10th July 2026, near the sacred Melanesian.

Liens officiels

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