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Sayes Arares is a poetic multichannel visual and sonic documentary that takes the audience deep into the Middle Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. On this journey we hear the Sayes Arares songs: a unique sound and tumbuna (ancestral) belief system held and told in the playing of the mambu (bamboo) flutes.

Extending on a creative relationship that has spanned over 30 years, Sayes Arares is a collaborative project by musicians Gaius Wapi, Pius Wasi, Joachim Mamambi, and David Bridie, with video artist Keith Deverell and the many cultural artists from Changriman Village, Chambri Lakes.

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The Wantok Musik Foundation acknowledges the vast history, connection to country and cultural knowledge of First Nations communities across Oceania and strives to provide an environment that is spiritually, socially and emotionally safe.


We pay our respects to elders past and present, acknowledging the traditional owners of the lands on which we work and live.  The Wantok Musik head office is on the traditional lands of the Gadubanud People. 

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© 2024 Wantok Musik Foundation

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