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Vanuatu

In the yam-harvest months on Pentecost Island, men climb wooden towers up to 30 metres high and dive headfirst towards the earth, saved only by two vines tied to their ankles — a ritual meant to bring a good harvest.

写真:Christopher Hogue Thompson、CC BY-SA 4.0、ウィキメディア・コモンズより

Vanuatu’s entry in this atlas is land diving — gol in the Sa language, nanggol in Bislama — performed by the men of southern Pentecost Island every year in April, May or June, during the yam harvest.

Vanuatuの祭り

Vanuatu収穫

Land diving on Pentecost Island

Nanggol

When the yams are harvested, the men of southern Pentecost build towers of freshly cut wood lashed with vines, and one after another dive from their platforms with vines tied to their ankles, trying to brush the tilled earth with their shoulders — the higher the dive, the better the harvest.

2027/04~2027/06おおよその時期

このページの出典

  1. Vanuatu travel advice: safety and securityUK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · 2026年9月17日 閲覧
  2. Land divingWikipedia · 2026年9月17日 閲覧