Daru music workshop, 9-19 April 2013: The location

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Daru is a small island town, with residents from multiple language groups of Western Province. The town has a few trade stores (groceries and general items), a hospital, a wharf and pier, schools, motels and guest houses, churches, and residential areas.

 

Seafood is a staple of the diet. While I was in Daru, I ate (and enjoyed!) many, many prawns and barramundi. Piles of seafood are available every day in the market.


I was grateful for this cell tower, which allowed Joyce and me to text and talk while I was away from home:
 

The music workshop was held at Tamate Memorial Church (TMC)--one of the most distinctive churches I've ever seen in PNG. I spoke at TMC in October 2010 (more on that in the next post), and I was really glad for a chance to return and spend more time there.


The church building and grounds are a classic Western style, reflecting the church's heritage from the London Missionary Society.

As a lover of stained-glass windows, I was amazed to find them in a Papua New Guinean church building! These were created by an artist in Brisbane.


During the course, we spent a lot of time outside on the lawn while participants worked in groups on new song composition. On one day, the clouds were fascinating. People said the clouds bursting from behind this tree reminded them of the story of Moses and the burning bush:

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