Out on the glittering waters off Alotau, carved canoes glide forward in formation — their prows painted with swirling ancestral designs — as dancers in feathered headdresses beat the kundu drums and sing the ocean back to life. The Kenu and Kundu Festival honors Papua New Guinea’s seafaring soul: the canoes that carried trade, ancestors, and entire villages along these coasts. Watching it, you feel how deeply the sea is woven into life in Milne Bay — not scenery, but family. Teach English in Papua New Guinea