Guadalcanal nasty bite. These centipedes were well known to the American Marines during the Second World War as "the stinging insects". The HBO mini-series, "The Pacific" (2010), executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, depicted American soldiers stricken by malaria during the Guadalcanal Campaign. Guadalcanal Guadalcanal (indigenous name: "Isatabu") is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of the nation of Solomon Islands, located in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia. The island is mainly covered in dense tropical rainforest and has a mountainous interior. Guadalcanal's discovery by westerners was under the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Mendaña in 1568. The
Choiseul Province between the several tribes which were ended by the peace treaty of Sasamungga on 8 August 1921. This event, called Kulabule, is a holiday on Choiseul. Traditionally, people in Choiseul use bamboos for traditional flutes. Now these traditional music is only performed in custom ceremonies. One of the string bands from Choiseul was the Sirovanga Boys. Their best known song being "seni memory." Another group from Choiseul in the early 2000s was the band Savoto. Their hit songs include "inaka mach" and "Ke siro." The inhabitants of Choiseul are soccer enthusiasts. They have a team called Lauru Kuvojo, which in