Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1986Vol. 57, No. 6

Bras no part of traditional PNG dance

p. 7 · Read in the full issue

Page 77

traditional PNG dance

I refer to an item in PIM March (p5O) regarding Papua New Guinean dancers “covering up” so as not to offend the Queen at the Royal tournament.

I am a Papua New Guinean and a dancer when at high school. I do not agree with “traditional bras.” This is not our culture.

The Queen has been to many parts of the world and

would not be worried about real traditional dress. Prince Charles and the Pope weren’t, so why should she be?

Our culture is our own, and our dances should not be altered because some people are more embarrassed than the Queen would ever be.

Mary Kewas

Mackay, Qld., Australia

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