The annual Mt. Hagen Cultural Show was first staged in 1964 and is held in the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. During two days, over 50 different tribal groups dressed in distinctly different traditional attire come together to perform their respective songs and dances in front of a roaring audiences numbering over 50,000. Endless flocks of foreign tourists with increased anticipation and curiousity fly into Papua New Guinea from France, Australia, Germany, Japan, United States of America, New Zealand, Italy, and other countries worldwide to simply witness this world-famous cultural event. Each year in mid-August the Mt. Hagen Cultural Show is the largest cultural show that celebrates the diversity of cultures among the natives.