Words and music:  Raunisi Theatre Group, Wewak Papua Niu Gini
Additional harmonies:  Jean Anne Jones (1995) and Miguel Heatwole

This is a medley of three songs that were brought to Australia by Henrik Ason in 1995. Henrik was a member of the Raunisi Theatre Group and his visit was part of a campaign called 'Big Bush Bugarup' exposing the depredations of the logging industry in PNG.

Ambore is about hunters returning to their village and their children, having been successful in gathering food from the forest. The steadily increasing volume is intended to depict the growing excitement at their approach. Pe Pe Pe Pelesimo is quite an old song. Several generations have sung that "we are here for a short time, soon we will be gone,'' an implied comparison that reminds us how transient our lives are compared with those of ancient forests. Emo Kiki Mo finishes the medley on a celebratory note, expressing the joy of people who live in harmony with their forest home.

Ambore.
Ambore. Ambo lima ka ambore.

The parents who went hunting came back with lots of food

Si!
Pe pe pe pelesi imo
Ni i pak ke
Siri o ria le
O salum tana lum mulah eh.

Hey!
Hello hello hello
Are you alright? You okay?
We will not be here for too long
In a short time we will be gone

E mo ki ki mo so ran ne e e ki ki mo
Emu ta emu ta ki o o o. Emu ta emu ta ki o o o

The game is plentiful, the forest is beautiful, everything is fine!