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Women on this island weave bags known by a word meaning “womb,” bilum. A Catholic priest on this island founded a weekly newspaper named for a system of social obligations called wantok. (10[1])This island’s (10[1])Maprik area contains many examples of tall, triangular haus tambaran worship buildings. A traditional sing-sing gathering occurs each September in Goroka in this island’s Eastern Highlands area. (10[3])In 2008, (10[1])UNESCO recognized (10[1])a swampy area on this island as the Kuk Early Agricultural (10[1])Site. This island’s Sepik (10[2])peoples practice “crocodile scarring.” (10[1])The Mount Hagen Festival unites tribes from across this island, (10[1])some of whom (10[1])make headdresses with bird-of-paradise feathers. (10[3]-5[1])Tok Pisin (10[1])is the most (10[2])common of over 800 languages (10[1])spoken on, for 10 points, what island split between Indonesia and a country whose capital is Port Moresby? (10[1])■END■

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