I was alteady working , 1979 my first year of employment. My girlfried of Iokea/Uritai was in Form 2 and had come up to Pom for holidays where we met at Laloki DPI Research Station (NARI) where I.worked with her uncle. Funny, but moved by this music and leaving me behind was hard as we were strangers meeting for the first time and she just eanted to carry on. However, her uncle persuded her to go back and return at the end of the end..unfortunately I was gone when she returned. Fondest memories still remain to this day.
This song reminds me of my Deputy Priciple Mr Memafu Mekeo. His war cry - sopos you laik salinsim mi I don't kee yah anybody...... when he sung the meter , man mipla save painim too rot
I went to Coronation High School-now Kerema High School in the 70s. As is our Elema custom, I was adopted by Mautaia Hasu, a grade 8 student...then form 2, I in grade 9-form 3. I was Mautaia Hasu's big brother. I was born in West Elema Harevavo Village, Ihu District, then. Harahara in its infancy was the band that played at Miaru for all the students returning back to school. The second term holidays were the best experience of my life, there being only three terms back then. Mautaia took me to Iokea to visit relatives and see my old school Iokea Primary School where I began my primary school education where my aunt and her husband were both teachers.
Thank you so much for uploading this wonderful old string band song. My favorite song during the early seventies. Still the best and love it's originality.
Thanks very much from Kiwai Island for uploading this very old songs am one of those who promote pauan locally produced music 🎶 like this also Thanks to our brothers from central province for uploading tarzinos, veguta,iarowari drifters, gunai Miros, also from Gulf couple of string band like new saros, new kumaisa. We must promote our Papua music.?......
Good old stringband vibes one of the best from the Gulf of Papua. Thanks alot to you who uploaded. Those were good old village party time favorite songs. Sialauo Moise Ka.
My standard 1 teacher in 1970 at Bainyk Primary 'T' School in East Sepik before independence was Mr Kere Kere, don't know where exactly in Gulf. He would play his guitar in class each afternoon before knocking us off at 3PM. He was too fast with the strings and hard to see, we were kids then. They do not do it any more these days, only noise from electronics. Please upload siale siale, maria and others. Any living relatives under same surname please comment.
