08/02/2025
PNG-INDEPENDENCE-HIRI MOALE-MOTU GIRL
A Motu girl from the Gulf of Papua wears necklaces of wild boar tusks, sea shell and seeds as she comes ashore at Ela Beach during the Hiri Moale festival in Port Moresby, 15 September 2005. Tribes from all over Papua New Guinea are descending on the capital to participate in the 30th anniversary of independence celebrations on 16 September. AFP PHOTO/Torsten BLACKWOOD (Photo by TORSTEN BLACKWOOD / AFP) (Photo by TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP via Getty Images)