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 ...

On Pentecost Island, in the Southern Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu, land diving participants must jump off platforms up to 100ft high with nothing but tree vines tied around their legs.

Vanuatu, also has another claim to fame. Its Pentecost Island is the home of a death-defying religious ceremony known as naghol (a.k.a. land diving) that inspired modern-day bungee jumping.

Another claim to fame for Vanuatu is their distinctive rituals like the Naghol land diving during Pentecost Island. Vanuatu grants citizenship under its Citizenship by Investment (CBI) program ...