PNG: Peroveta (Prophet Songs)

The PNG Peroveta Singers of Canberra is a group of diaspora community members who share and perform the music of Central Province, Papua New Guinea. The videos are the group's song and dance performances recorded in the ACT in 2023 in response to the PARADISEC collections MG1 and IC1. The performance focuses on Peroveta (Prophet Songs) led by group leader Deveni Temu in various languages from Hiri Motu to Hula, Keapara and Mailu from the southeastern Papuan coast and over to Rarotongan from the Cook Islands.