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Trobriand Islands

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Trobriand Islands

Group of coral islands in the Solomon Sea, forming part of the province of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea; chief town Losuia; area 440 sq km/170 sq mi.



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Kinds of gifts A gift may be one of an ordinary object, an object created for the express purpose of gift exchange, such as the armbands and necklaces in the Trobriand Islands Kula exchange.
The Thurmans, a bunch of type-A overachievers, certainly are out of their element on one of the Trobriand Islands off the coast of Papua New Guinea, where the pace is much slower and there is no electricity or running water.
TROBRIAND ISLANDS KISS: This is the most bizarre kiss favoured by natives in the South Pacific.
 
 
 
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