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THE Bel Kol or Domangmitta between the Bougainvillean people and Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) can proceed when the Bougainville Executive Council approves a date.
The ceremony, to be staged in Arawa, was requested by landowners in 2012 at the first meeting between them, the Bougainville Government and the mining company. It is a pre-condition to any negotiations on the Panguna mine’s future. The mine was the flashpoint for the ten-year Bougainville Crisis which claimed up to 20,000 lives.
The traditional ceremony is one of appeasement according to the custom of the Nasio people of Kieta, Central Bougainville. It symbolizes a readiness by both parties to reconcile past differences and, through negotiation, forge a new relationship.
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