East New Britain Day Celebration

Frangipani Flower

Frangipani flowers symbolized the reborn of Rabaul after the Volcanic eruption in 1994.

Frangipani flowers were the first flowers to bloom in the mist of thick layer of Ashes and plays an important role in uniting the the locals residence and Business houses in East New Britain. 

The event is known as the the Frangipani Festivals where the is celebrated annually on September 16 with the Independence of Papua New Guinea.
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Baining Fire Dance

The Baining people are among the earliest and original inhabitants of the Gazelle Peninsula of East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. They currently inhabit the Baining Mountains into where they are thought to have been driven by the Tolai tribes who migrated to the coastal areas in comparatively recent times. Another factor that might have influenced their migration inland was major volcanic activity that took place over centuries.The Baining people's artworks are usually produced for limited uses only. The masks are laboriously made from bark cloth, bamboo and leaves and used just once for the firedance ceremony before being thrown away or destroyed.
The origin of these firedance ceremonies was to celebrate the birth of new children; the commencement of harvests and also a way of remembering the dead. The Baining firedance is also a rite of passage for initiating young men into adulthood. The fire dance is a men-only event and traditionally the Baining women and children neither partake nor watch.