Before You Die: Papua New Guinea Highland Show by Isabella Tree

The Papua New Guinea: The Highland Show is an annual event held in July/August and alternating between Mt Hagen and Goroka. A fantastic, fiesty display of traditional tribal finery and modern innovation (the ‘black and white’ dancers paint themselves half white with Johnson’s Baby Powder and half black with the grease from burnt tyres). There’s a fiercely contested award for best-dressed tribe, and with hundreds of entries from all over the Highlands, including traditional enemies, it can often turn into a genuine battle. Be prepared to be tear-gassed!