Papua Students Revive Mee Heritage at Deiyai Cultural Festival
On morning February 27, 2026, in Weghete, the capital of Deiyai Regency in Papua Tengah (Central Papua) province, the yard of State High School (SMA Negeri) 1 Weghete usually echoes…
On morning February 27, 2026, in Weghete, the capital of Deiyai Regency in Papua Tengah (Central Papua) province, the yard of State High School (SMA Negeri) 1 Weghete usually echoes…
On the morning of 3 March 2026, as the doors of Messe Berlin opened for the first day of Internationale Tourismus Börse (ITB), the world’s largest travel trade fair once…
On a warm morning in Jayapura, the campus of Universitas Cenderawasih (Cenderawasih University) felt different. Students gathered early. Some wore white coats. Others stood quietly beside proud parents who had…
The air in the forests of Papua is full of life on a humid morning. Cicadas hum. Rain from last night makes leaves drip. A small bird moves quietly from…
On many mornings in Papua, long before the sun rises fully above the mountains, women are already awake. They prepare food over wood fires, braid their daughters’ hair before school,…
On many evenings in Papua, as the sun slips behind the mountains and the air turns cool, families gather inside homes that have sheltered them for decades. Some of these…
The provincial hall in Jayapura felt more like a community gathering than a government ceremony on a warm afternoon on February 25, 2026. Pastors from the mountains and imams from…
Not the lack of sound, since the rainforest in Papua is never really quiet. Birds call across the canopy. Insects hum in a steady beat. There are things that you…
In a small, river-lined area of Asmat, Papua, where wooden boats glide along muddy waterways and life goes on far from Indonesia’s biggest cities, a young girl once dared to…
On February 20, 2026, in Nabire, the capital of Papua Tengah (Central Papua) Province, Governor Meki Nawipa stood in front of reporters and community leaders and gave a speech that…