# Natural Beauties on Sunday's Local Rugby Match
## Subtitle: The Girl Who Didn't Look Back
*A Nonfiction Account from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea*
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**Copyright © 2025 by Kera Yaka**
All rights reserved.
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This work is based on real events and experiences in the Maip-Mulitaka Rural LLG of Porgera-Paiela District, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. Names and identifying details may have been changed for privacy.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means?electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise?without the prior written permission of the author, except for brief quotations in reviews or academic use.
This is the complete nonfiction book *Natural Beauties on Sunday's Local Rugby Match*.
**First Edition**
Published 2025
Printed in Papua New Guinea
**Publisher:** [Self-Published / Independent Press]
**Cover design by Kera Yaka**
**Editing and layout by [Editor name if applicable]**
## Author's Note
This book is a nonfiction work capturing the real experiences, emotions, and community spirit around Sunday rugby matches in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. The narrative follows Korael Da'Oopsiak's complete journey?not only in search of love but in finding meaning, connection, and self-worth through authentic highland experiences.
The book explores highland life where traditional culture meets modern aspirations, where education and village wisdom intersect, and where young people navigate the complex terrain of relationships, identity, and belonging in contemporary Papua New Guinea.
This complete work presents a unified narrative that chronicles one man's quest to understand himself and his place in a rapidly changing world, rooted in the authentic cultural landscape of Enga Province.
*? Kera Yaka*
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## About the Author
**Kera Yaka** is a highlander from Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. A university graduate and passionate storyteller, he captures the lived reality of youth, culture, and social dynamics in rural PNG. Through nonfiction works like *Natural Beauties on Sunday's Local Rugby Match*, he brings real voices, emotions, and lessons to the page?connecting the heart of the highlands with readers everywhere.
His writing draws from deep cultural knowledge and personal experience, offering authentic insights into highland life that bridge traditional wisdom and contemporary challenges. As both observer and participant in the stories he tells, Yaka provides rare access to the inner world of PNG's highland communities.
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About the Author
**Kera Yaka** doesn't just write about highland life?he lives it every day. Born and raised in the mountains of Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, he carries the ancient storytelling gift of his ancestors while navigating the modern world with university education and a clear eye for truth.
His writing goes deep into human experience because it comes from real places?where old wisdom meets new struggles, where traditional culture meets modern dreams in moments of beauty and pain. As someone who has lived highland life, Yaka shows what others cannot see: the true heart of rural PNG, where every emotion runs as deep as mountain valleys and reaches as high as the peaks.
Through novels like *Natural Beauties on Sunday's Local Rugby Match*, he offers something rare in our modern world?real access to Papua New Guinea's highland communities, where truth is stranger and more beautiful than any fiction, and where every story bridges what was, what is, and what might yet be.
He writes not as an outsider looking in, but as someone brave enough to share the tender places, broken dreams, and stubborn hope that keeps highland hearts beating against all odds.
**Connect with the Author:**
Email: kerayaka05@gmail.com
Phone/WhatsApp: +675 7052 9082
Facebook: Posinmiok Westernwanyo