Volcanoes and fire dances
East New Britain
Rabaul sits inside a caldera beneath the Tavurvur volcano, which buried much of the town in 1994. Inland, the Baining people perform their night fire dances in giant bark-cloth masks. Tunnels and relics recall the Japanese base of the Second World War.
What to film
- Baining fire dance
- Tavurvur volcano and Rabaul
- Tolai culture and shell money
- Wartime tunnels and relics
- Deforestation and logging
- Agroforestry
- NGO projects
Practical information
Getting there — Flights to Tokua (Kokopo); good roads around the Gazelle Peninsula.
When to go — National Mask Festival in Kokopo in July.
We filmed here — France 3 — Baining fire dance
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