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Kutubu Kundu Digaso

Dates: September

Kutubu Kundu Digaso - PNG Cultural EventThe Kutubu Kundu and Digaso Festival offers a rare treat of fascinating cultural performances from all over the Southern Highlands. The Kutubu Kundu and Digaso Festival celebrates the importance of the kundu drum and the Digaso oil in the traditional culture of the Kutubu people in the Southern Highlands Province.

Hosted near the famous Lake Kutubu, local communities put on a Sing Sing spectacle and unite in a show of support and respect of each others cultural differences. Cultural groups will travel from remote parts of the province to participate in the festival celebrations. The people of the Southern Highlands invite you to join them in this extraordinary celebrational tribute to their incredible culture.


Kutubu Kundu Digaso - PNG Cultural Event
Above: Mt. Bosavi Cultural Performers. Photo credit: Saina Jeffrey, World Wildlife Fund