Today's visitors arrive to explore Milne Bay's customs and beliefs, its peaceful society and unscathed beauty. The reflections of Milne Bay can be found in cascading waterfalls, untouched rainforests that flourish with rare flora and fauna, intriguing bat and skull caves, hot thermal springs and extinct craters to enthrall the would be geologists, and a marine life of extraordinary colours to mesmerize the sea lovers.
Many legends and secrets are passed on from generation to generation. Milne Bay is the only matrilineal society on the mainland, so women hold a unique role as landowners, peacekeepers, conservationists and guardians of the old customs. This makes Milne Bay culture very special.
Experience the magic of secret chants to appease the spirits as you cross the mountain tracks. Discover the healing properties of medicinal plants along the way, but beware the sorcerer's powers that underlie every illness or misfortune in the Milne Bay society. Listen to intriguing legends
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and stories told by local characters and oral historians. Learn about food taboos and food conservation methods. Find out about bird clans and totems, traditional hunting fishing and gardening methods, all influenced by ancient rituals and beliefs. There is also the ancient trade system, the Kula Ring, where goods are still exchanged between trade partners on different islands to win the prized shell ornaments called bagi and mwali.
