Doa Making Workshop

This workshop is for PNG woman living in the Sunshine Coast or Brisbane areas.
We have beautiful bilas styles across our home in Papua New Guinea. Doa, is the motu word for the single or double pig tusk necklace bound together and suspended from a string of shell (red spondylus or white shell) and coconut shell. For many many years these beautiful shells have been replaced with a circular plastic disc.
 
Bring along your Doa and learn how to breath new life into it. I will teach you how to cut off your plastic discs and replace them with colourful shell discs. We will be doing this while sitting with elders from our local Papuan community as we share a meal and hear their memories and cultural knowledge about protocols, beliefs and practices for making or wearing Doa
 
Date: Saturday 5th August
Time: 12:30pm - 5:30pm
Venue: Address will be sent with confirmation of your registeration. (To be held in Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast).
Cost: $80 to participate in this workshop. This cost will cover light refreshments and some materials (PLEASE NOTE: Pig tusk not provided, when you register Ranu will check in with you incase there is an additional cost for other materials you may need)
YOU MUST BRING: Your old Doa - this Doa can be already on string or it could be broken and unstrung.
Contact: Ranu James 0448885114
PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE A LIMIT OF 10 POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR THIS WORKSHOP