Jiggle , bounce and swing

“Bras are their letdown” said an article in Ms November issue by Gus Smales frowning on the use of “modern junk” by dancers at the Morobe District Show at Lae in Papua New Guinea.

“Dancers worked feverishly to rid themselves of silver foil trappings, bottle-top sequins, studded leather belts, coloured glass, copper wire and trendy sunglasses,” the article revealed.

It had such an effect on Ralph A. Lewin, of La Jolla in California, that his muse got to work with the following result: Maidens jiggle, matrons bounce and older ladies swing Up and down the magic rows and round the magic ring, f Dancing for their women’s rights among the rites oj spring; Worshipping the gods of rain and sun, and moon and stars, Bicycles and bottled beer, and soap and motor cars, Aeroplanes and telephones, and radios and bras, Caps and snaps, elastic straps, with nylon net and Bolstering the savage breast, and thus abolishing Maidens’jiggle, matrons’ bounce and older ladies’ swine.

Incidentally, the picture of these attractive Trobriand Islanders was taken from a brochure issued by the PNG Office of Tourism.