Land Diving, Vanuatu

This is the 'land diving' (Naghol) ritual of southern Pentecost Island in Vanuatu. With much encouragement from an excited crowd, a young man leaps from the top of a tower in the jungle with vines attached to his ankles. According to the YouTube submitter, this is a ritual to encourage the yam crop.

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