Referred to as the islands of love after a famous early 20th century anthropological study by the polish scientist Bronislaw Malinovski, the Trobriand Islanders give an energetic and colourful welcome to their tropical paradise island home.

Dugout canoes are skillfully hewn from the trunks of local trees and equally skillfully paddled out to sea to fish and travel between coastal communities.

Cuscuses are often kept as village pets like this one in Mamada village near Madang.

An elaborate headdress of bird feathers is worn by a dancer on the beach at Sanananda, scene of a bloody battle of WW2.

A passenger aboard Coral Adventurer tries on the local headgear in Mamada Village near Madang.

Multiple generations live under one roof. Here on Fergusson Island in the D’Entrecasteaux Group, a baby rest in a makeshift hammock as his grandmother shows visitors around her home.

A villager in Kuiawa pulls his traditional outrigger canoe to go fishing.

Natade Village near Tufi Fjord. PNG. Dancers use traditional drums in an Oro Cultural Dance.

Gingala Village near Dregerhafen . A lutheran community. Young girls perform in a sing sing. This was an American base during WW2.