Houses Here and There
I planned to go on foot from Tais westward to Bula, PNG\'s last village before the Indonesian border. But Sisi did not allow me to do that because there were many enemies of Sisi there,.
Children in Tais, Papua New Guinea.
On 17 August 2003, Sisi Wainetti with her older cousin, Paulus Waibon, crossed the border for the first time from Western Province, Papua New Guinea, to Merauke, Indonesia. They were excited, there was news that Papuan independence would be celebrated on that day.
However, they were very surprised because what they discovered was a celebration of the independence of the Republic of Indonesia. People with various skin colors danced traditional dances or enjoyed dangdut music in the field. Red and white flags were flying everywhere. A question appeared in Sisi\'s mind: Why was there no Papuan flag?