Papuan Pioneer Honoured
p. 133 · Read in the full issue
At Mamba Estate
r[ERE was much festivity and feasting at Mamba Rubber Estate, Papua, on August 17, to mark the 30th anniversary of the arrival in Papua of well-known Territorian, Mr. Herbert Kienzle.
The carnival got under way at the school ground about 10 o’clock where hundreds of the plantation employees in native finery and head-dresses gathered to dance and provide amusement for the on lookers.
At the same time, the cooking
fires were started. Central piece for the banquet to come was a bullock—the first one of the Estate’s post-war imported stock to be slaughtered. In addition there were 14 pigs and mountains of sweet potatoes, taros, yams, com, bananas and other native fruit and vegetables.
The dancers began to make their presentations to Mr. Kienzle in the early afternoon—dancing their way across the field to place group gifts of pigs or food, or individual gifts ranging from armlets to pineapple clubs, before the guest of honour, A speaker from each group spoke eloquently and with obvious sincerity in tribute to Mr. Kienzle.