THE DNA SEQUENCE IN THE HELA GENOME IS THICKER THAN THE BLOOD THAT CARRY OUR DESTINY:
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| Traditional attire of Hela Huli, Papua New Guinea |
By James Marape, MP, Tari Pori
THIS article is not ethnocentric nor it undermines the rest of Papua New Guinea. It is the call of one Hela brother to another Hela brother.
Henceforth the content outline the facts surrounding the sociocultural intricacies that binds the Hela brotherhood. At this space and time, it may not be necessary, but it surely cannot be denied of these cultural heritage and historical facts as it is true in the old adage 'men who are not connected to their roots are doomed of their destiny.'
Here is the call to the 3 Hela Opene brothers in the alternate camp to join my course.
IN the hinterlands of the great landmass of the mainland of New Guinea is the land of the Hela majestically nestled on the backbone mountain ranges of the second largest island in the world.
From the grooves of the Strickland Gorge; up unto the natural beauty of Lake Kopiago and through the plains of the Papuan Wonderland (Hela Embera); the Hela Duna reigns! Mbe-Kuba-la stands aloft securely in the north watching over the land of the Hela Opena whilst Mt Bosavi stands aloft securing the southern border and watching over the land of the Hela Tuguba. Doma Peak secures the gateway to the Hela land keeping watch over the Hela Palamanda ‘puru-pirabe-anda - Hulukumaiya's Palamanda ’ in the heart of the Hela Huli to the west – and to the south, Doma Peak stands aloft keeping watch over Hela’s only daughter, Wena Hewa, in her glorious beauty of Lake Kutubu.
Apa Igini’s Mondoli Tangi nestles well at the eastern foothills of the Doma Peak and keeps the gate to Hela secure like the mighty Hela Warriors!
The history and the cultural heritage, the beauty of its panoramic geography and the greatness of its people, forge the unity of a greater Hela!
Hela ethnicity numbers in well over a million and is the biggest tribal nation in a country of 800 ethnic groups of 8 million people.
In the Land of Prophesies, cardinality of Hela laws are enshrined in the long held Prophesies of the time immemorial and talk never dies as a lineage to the biblical truth that 'in the beginning was Word and the Word was with God' hence it was with Hela’s God Datagaliwabe.
The truth of the Hela siblings: Opena, you are the first born son; Huli, I am the second son; Tuguba is the third and Duna is the last of the Hela sons. When you, Opena fought over the cassowary intestine with Huli, you were given the best of the lands to the north by our father including the custody of our only sister. You did well and multiplied.
Hulukumaiya took custody of what you left. Tuguyawini took custody of the Laitebo prophesy and Mirilia gave his only son, Pajabaja, to sacrifice for the good of us all.
Hulukumaiya loved your salt and you love my pigs and Tuguyawini's oil. Hulukumaiya's Palamanda was your Trade Center.
Fast forward 5-7 thousand years and now it is a common knowledge that Hela toiled the soils of PNG and built the networth of each provincial economy. That is the time Hela started greasing the wheels of the PNG Economy turning. And it's been turning for 43 years under the guard of those sons of whom we've built wealth for them as cargo-bois.
The time has now come for the sons of cargo-boi to continue the cargo-boi work of greasing and turning the wheels of the economy again. We must continue where our forefathers left to toil the soils again to 'Take back PNG'.
Leave the in-house issues in our Palamanda to be discussed at our own space and time as brothers, as sons of Hela. The DNA sequences in our Hela genome will surely find its oneness to sitting together to discuss all issues we need to discuss of our resources benefits. The knife is in our hands to cut the best meat we want from our pig, for ourselves and for the rest of our brothers in PNG.
We've been cargo-bois for the rest of the country and the world over, and it is now our time to come back to the Palamanda and start talking about how we share the benefits from the resources we have on our land and in our land. We need to sit together in oneness and decide on how we equitably share with our other brothers in Papua New Guinea.
We've only started with Porgera and we must conclude Porgera together on this journey to Economic Independence. We have plenty of work ahead with developing our resources in Tundaka, Pakapua, Kare, Kili-Teke, Muruk, Manada Artic, etc. These are Hela’s resources that we must share equitably amongst ourselves as Hela sons and our sister, and our 20 brothers of Papua New Guinea.
I give respect to our elders late Anderson Agiru and Grand Chief Sir Peter Ipatas. Late Anderson Agiru is gone and I am here in place of him with Grand Chief Sir Peter Ipatas in our Palamanda. I belong to you and you belong to me by virtue of our Hela genome that make our same DNA.
In the name of Hela and the destiny that we must set for Hela and PNG for Economic Independence through 'Take back PNG' policy statement and make "PNG the Richest Christian Black Nation in the world" - we must stand together as brothers, as Hela!
We are all time bound and this is the journey that we must take together in oneness as Hela, my brothers; Honorable Tomait Kapili MP for Laiagam Porgera, Honorable Rimbik Pato MP for Wapenamanda, and Honorable Sir John Pundari MP for Ambum Kobiam; come back to your Palamanda, Hela Hausman.
Hulukumaiya
Hela Palamanda
