What do you know about my country, Papua New Guinea?

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   bernard.sinaiposted 12 years ago

   What do you know about my country, Papua New Guinea?
   
   What facts do you know about Papua New Guinea (PNG)? Tell me what you know about my country.
   
   

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   MomsTreasureChestposted 12 years ago

   I have family who have visited Papua New Guinea so I know it's a nice place, that being said, the topic of cannibalism is still comes to mind when I hear Papua New Guinea.

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      bernard.sinaiposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Unfortunately, much of what you read about Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the media is usually sensationalized. Take a recent article in the Daily Star UK which described the country as “where cannibals make soup from genitals and eat human brains raw.” T

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   melbelleposted 12 years ago

   I do not know any recent facts.  My dad was stationed in New Guinea during WWII, so all the stories I have heard were dated back in the mid 1940's.  Mosquitoes, lots of rain, roads were washed away...I am sure it has changed a bunch since then.

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      bernard.sinaiposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That's great to hear. Where exactly was your father stationed?

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      melbelleposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I am not real sure- He mentioned New Guinea, San Fernando, Luzon and the Philippines in his stories he. He was there I believe from Mar 1944 to at least Sept 1945 maybe a little longer.  If you look under my hubs, I did a story about him in the War.

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   lone77starposted 12 years ago

   I know it's tropical and not far from where I live in the Philippines, but closer to the equator.
   
   I know it exists on one of the largest islands in the world amongst the islands of Indonesia.

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   hockey8mnposted 12 years ago

   In the 1930s, 3 Australian gold prospectors, who happened to be brothers, stumbled upon a new group of people, the Melpa.  It was captured on video.

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