Lakatoi - Wikipedia
Modern day lakatoi at the Hiri Moale Festival, a modern celebration of the previous Hiri trade cycle. Lakatoi (also Lagatoi) are multiple-hulled [1] sailing watercraft of Papua New Guinea. [2] They are named in the Motu language and traditionally used in the Hiri trade cycle. [3]
Hiri Moale Festival - Papua New Guinea
Two such historical cultural experiences are the annual Hiri Moale festival and the Hiri Hanenamo beauty contest hosted in Port Moresby. This two-day festival provides an arena littered with cultural dances, string bands, local delicacies, and traditional re-enactments.
50th Hiri Moale Festival - Papua New Guinea
Mar 22, 2024 · The 2024 Hiri Moale Festival takes place, March 22nd – 24th in the nation’s capital, Port Moresby. The Festival celebrates the epic trading voyages of the seafaring Motuans who journeyed to the Gulf Province on the famous iconic sea vessel – the ‘lakatoi’.
Hiri Moale Festival pays tribute to a great seafaring tradition
The contestants dress up to welcome the Hiri Moale lakatoi, a large double hulled trading canoe, as it re-enacts a return from a traditional expedition to the Gulf.. Another former Hiri queen, Meroni Anama, who was crowned in 1988, said the men traded yam and clay pots for sago.
Hiri Moale Festival in Port Moresby: an inside look
Sep 23, 2024 · The 50th Hiri Moale Festival was staged in Port Moresby earlier this year in a show of colour, music, dance, art, food and culture. Carmel Pilotti reports on this year's excellent turnout and speaks to the newly-crowned Hiri Queen.
Hiri Moale Festival will bring alive amazing Port Moresby
Jun 6, 2019 · The Hiri Moale Festival 2019 was launched at the symbolic APEC Haus at Ela Beach whose structure is designed like the Lakatoi – huge traditional double hull canoe - used by the Motu-Koitabu during the Hiri Trade with their Gulf neighbours to the West in years gone by.
Enjoy the Hiri Moale Festival - Amazing Port Moresby, City Guide
Mar 21, 2011 · Held every year in September after the Independence weekend, the Hiri Moale festival celebrates the long-enduring maritime journeys of the past with traditional dances and reconstructions of the lagatoi sailboats pulling on Ela Beach.
Hiri Moale Festival keeping canoe-sailing culture alive in PNG
The Hiri Moale Festival is keeping canoe-sailing culture alive in Papua New Guinea. Local villagers are recreating the spectacle of seeing off... |...
Hiri Moale Festival keeping canoe-sailing culture alive in PNG
Apr 1, 2023 · Local villagers are recreating the spectacle of seeing off traditional canoes called lakatois for trading voyages.
The 2019 Hiri Moale Festival Launched - Papua New Guinea
The Hiri Moale Festival 2019 was launched at the symbolic APEC Haus whose structure is designed like the Lakatoi – huge traditional double hull canoes – used by the Motu-Koitabu during the Hiri Trade with their Gulf neighbours to the West in years gone by.