Solomon Islands

As the name implies, the culture of the North Solomons Province of Papua New Guinea has strong cultural affinities with that of the rest of the Solomon Islands. In both areas, panpipe ensembles are important. The absence of the hourglass drum (kundu) in Buka and Bougainville , in contrast to most other parts of Papua New Guinea, is also a strong parallel with the Solomon Islands, though the kundu occurs only sporadically in much of the Island Region of Papua New Guinea...