Unity Through Culture

Soanin Kilangit is determined to unite the people and attract international tourism through the revival of culture on Baluan Island in the South Pacific He organizes the largest cultural festival ever held on the island but some traditional leaders argue that Baluan never had culture and that culture comes from the white man and is now destroying their old tradition Others however take the festival as a welcome opportunity to revolt against 70 years of cultural oppression by Christianity A struggle to define the past present and future of Baluan culture erupts to the sound of thundering log drum rhythms