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Auguste, Leader of "Pacific Gruuve" Band

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The "Pacific Gruuve" band features Auguste Rumwaropen of West Papua, which is now part of Indonesia. He became a refugee in Australia and has several Aussies in this band. We bought a CD of his earlier band called the "Black Brothers." All the songs on the CD are in the Bislama language and are musically excellent.