| MRS.DIANE CHRISTENSEN welcomed at the Buka Airport by a Malasang youth. Picture by Aloysius Laukai |
Source: New Dawn FM
Link: http://bougainville.typepad.com/newdawn/2011/07/100711-christensen-fund-team-in-bougainville-by-aloysius-laukai-the-christensen-family-and-board-members-of-the-christensen.html
The Christensen family and Board members of the Christensen fund are in Bougainville for the biannual two-day Reeds (Kaur) festival that is starting today at Tubiana.
The festival started by the late William Takaku with assistance from the fund starts today with participants arriving in Arawa on the weekend for the event.
The team arrived in Buka on Saturday and went straight to Tinputz and had lunch at the Caterret Islands Resettlement Project in which the funds also assisted in the past.
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Picture of the team ready for lunch at the Cateret Resettlement Project in Tinputz on their way to Arawa. Picture by Aloysius Laukai |
The team arrived in Arawa just after 5pm to a welcome ceremony at Section 10 Arawa.
| Diane and Catherine welcomed in Arawa by a cultural group. |
On Sunday the team visited the closed Panguna mine site also saw the tailings site before visiting the mine site.
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The team were able to visit the closed Panguna mine. They are pictured with Panguna Chief PHILIP TAKAUNG at the mine pit. Picture by Aloysius Laukai |
They later went to PIDIA village the home of the late William Takaku and visited his grave.
They had lunch at Pidia village before going for a swim at AROVO island.
They will attend the Reeds Festival today and tomorrow before returning.
Log into Facebook find the details of the second biannual Reeds (Kaur) Festival here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=232128013475730&view=wall&ref=notif¬if_t=event_wall
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