“The first time you do it you feel a bit nervous, but after two or three times, it becomes normal, like rugby or boxing or any sport.” Fidael Beaf could easily be describing bungee jumping. But the 44 ...

An ancient ritual on remote Pentecost Island is a heady experience. Land-diving on Vanuatu's remote Pentecost Island was once an ancient, unique and private ritual where young men hurled themselves ...

A land diver with a pair of vines tied to his ankles jumps from a 30-meter-high platform on the Vanuatuan Island of Pentecost as part of an ancient land-diving ritual called nagol — the precursor to ...

The crowd is baying now, and the man hoots and bellows in response. His voice carries over the palm forest, brushing the treetops and echoing through the valley. The crowd’s chants rise into the air ...

LONG WAY DOWN: Land diving in Vanuatu. Prefer us on Google Near naked, he stands 20 metres above a mass of chanting men in the jungle of Vanuatu. Only a namba (the traditional penis sheath) covers him ...