Pentecost Island has a yearly ritual where the men jump from a tower with vines attached to their legs. ... performed by the tribal men on the small Pentecost Island in the South Pacific.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Lismore. Followed categories will be added to My News. Stirring chants from the men of the tribe are both harmoniously beautiful & terrifying all at once. We ...

The feast of Pentecost constantly reminds us of the essence of our mission as a church in Africa, which is to work for reconciliation, the unification of our religious communities and our countries".

Indigenous people from Vanuatu's Pentecost Island are asking bungee jump operators around the world to pay them royalties for copying their ancient tradition of land diving.

As Britain pipo dey mourn di death of Prince Philip, one tribal community for di Pacific island wey dey half di world away follow dem dey mourn. For many years, two villages on the Vanuatuan ...

Falling at speeds of more than 40mph from a 90ft tower, the Pentecost land divers stop inches short of a certain death, as part of a ritual deemed a rite of passage and an expression of masculinity.

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THESE are the brave men and boys who risk their lives jumping head first from a 90ft tall wooden tower with nothing but vines wrapped around their ankles. Link copied Bookmark The ancient tribal ...

A Rhode Island man has been convicted of stabbing a fellow member of the Narragansett tribe during the annual tribal powwow in 2014. ... The two men did not know each other.

As Britons mourn the death of Prince Philip, they are joined by a tribal community on a Pacific island half a world away. For decades, two villages on the Vanuatuan island of Tanna have revered ...