These are songs & dances of hunting, war, work, totemistic ritual, cannibalism, myth, initiation, courtship, rain-making, funerals, magical healing, shark catching & marathon feasting, recorded in remote coastal & inland villages in five far-flung regions of Papua New Guinea, to the north of Australia by John Thornley. These are full-throated songs with their vibrant & often complex accompanimental drumming patterns.