- Port Moresby
- Posted 2nd Mar, 2022
Kumul Petroleum promotes cultural preservation with support to Tufi Tapa & Tattoo Festival
The annual Tufi Tapa and Tattoo Festival to be held from 12-13 March 2022 encourages the preservation of Tufi’s environment, language, culture and traditions, is made possible with the support of corporate sponsors.
Sponsors such as Kumul Petroleum, who as Papua New Guinea’s national oil and gas company (NOC) aims to as part of its corporate social responsibility promote the preservation of Papua New Guinea’s culture and the first major cultural event that the organisation supports as the NOC.
Mr Luke Liria Executive General Manager-Corporate Services of Kumul Petroleum speaking on behalf of the company said that Kumul Petroleum’s support as Bronze sponsor of K50, 000 aligns with its core values to protect and preserve the environment and its people, including its culture and way of life.
Mr Liria said that cultural preservation is important given that we live in a fast paced digital world that changes the way we interact with others and how we identify as individuals; that we as a nation are at risk of losing touch with our cultural heritage.
“Cultural Festivals like the Tufi Tapa and Tattoo Festival helps us to stay connected and in touch with our natural habitat and our roots. We as an organisation strongly believe in this and hope that our support to the festival will make sure that culture will continue to be promoted and shared for generations to come”.
Chairperson for the Tufi Tapa and Tattoo Cultural Festival Michael Uiari thanked Kumul Petroleum saying: “The Festival Committee has two aims. One being, the preservation of culture and secondly, to promote a sustainable tourism industry. On behalf of the Tufi Tapa and Tattoo Cultural Festival, we would like to thank Kumul Petroleum for its most generous support of the festival”.
Mr Uiari further stated that the 20 wards of Tufi will come together to celebrate the return of the cultural festival following a hiatus because of COVID-19 related restrictions on public gatherings. The event will entertain tourists already at Tufi and bring the local community together in a celebration of its art and culture.
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