AMAZING TRADITION Islanders Pentecost Meriel Street, USA for all the time while I lived abroad, I realized that there's nothing better in life than close touch with the real culture and unique traditions of exotic countries. Go somewhere for two weeks - it was good. After his return in your mind are the memories of the most interesting, most beautiful and most exciting of the fact that this country can be seen. Although the culture itself you do not fully get a feeling, if not get a feeling and the people who live there, and the life they live. Living in such a place - in the countryside, where only the locals - a life that goes on local laws and customs of life for 27 months - it all sounds like a little tourism. Therefore, one of the main reasons to make join the Peace Corps, for me personally was the opportunity to become acquainted with local culture in its purest form, so I immediately jumped at the chance to see this ceremony jumping rope with my own eyes. (Peace Corps - Volunteer Movement, founded in 1960 by Senator John F. Kennedy. The movement is constantly living in developing countries. The tasks of the volunteers included propaganda against the spread of HIV / AIDS, information technology and environmental protection. Ca. Perevi.) Location the ceremony Jumping rope - a very important ritual for the locals, who was born on the island of Pentecost. This is one of the most famous traditional rituals of the South Pacific. About this rite TV channel National Geographic "took an entire transmission, and a New Zealander who invented the modern jumping from a height with a rubber rope, specially flown in on Pentecost to see it firsthand. Queen Elizabeth II also visited the island. Tower jumping Locals Pentecost island to build an enormous tower of sticks and vines. They jump from a plank platforms, ankles tied a rope from the vines. The towers reach a height of several hundred meters, and it looks as if someone has very much carried away game in trifles. It seems there is no visible prerequisites for the fact that someone had the idea to build a similar tower, but apparently, the cause still was. On their construction takes more than a month, but their construction is prohibited, except those who have proved their skill builder on the matter. They collect hundreds of sticks of different sizes and build one frame. Then, a few small twigs are placed between the main frame, thus creating, something mysterious, even for professional designers. During the construction does not use ropes, nails, hammers, saws and other tools of "white" people. Branches cut down with machetes and sticks linked by hand a few dozen people. Base of the tower ceremony takes place from March to May. This time of year is chosen on purpose. During this period the vine, which is used as a rope for jumping, reaching suitable maturity. She is young enough to be stretched, and mature enough to not break. Liana up to that particular flexibility, which allows you to gently "pull off" a jumper from the ground, preventing it from crashing. Incidentally, the British Queen arrived at Pentecost quite late in June or July. She came specifically to watch the ceremony, and when the villagers told her it was too late to jump, she insisted. Even the ni-Vanuatu (collectively, the indigenous people of Vanuatu, approx. Perevi.) Who had no idea where the United Kingdom, and what power it has not been able to confront the Queen of England. They built the tower and began to prepare for the ceremony especially for the queen. Liana broke, and long jumper who jumped from the highest platform, was killed in front of the queen. Ceremonies - a strange thing. No wonder they are held in a certain way, and if you think that they have no logic or sense, sometimes is just to follow the rules. After all ni-Vanuatu perform this ritual for a long time. On the platform there are some stories that explain the origin of the tradition of jumping on the ropes, and why this ceremony is performed to this day. Many of the books, the transfer of "National Geographic" and the large number of local people associate it with the harvest yams (sweet potatoes, African potato, approx. Perevi.). This ceremony (which includes certain rules, restrictions, ritual dance and actually themselves jumping) provides, for the beliefs of the islanders, a good harvest of yams in the current year. As for the history of the origin of this tradition, it reads: Once upon a man and a woman. They were husband and wife. They are due to something fell out and she decided to commit suicide, or at least make sure that her husband thought that she wanted to kill himself. She climbed up the cliff, wanting to jump down so that everyone understood that it was suicide. Directly below the cliff was a cave. The woman knew about it, and no man. She tied a special ankle vine, which would not give it to hit the ground and dragged her in the cave. Her husband only saw himself jumping off a cliff, and, mad with grief, followed her. The woman did not die, the rope had saved her, and she hid in a cave. Man ... a man was killed. Boy diver Well, but this story is connected with the origin of jumping rope and how it related to yams, personally for me remains a mystery. But as they say local. I do not see any connection between the two stories, however, it is their culture and traditions, so I will not argue. Read more: See also: Exotic piece of France in the Pacific, diving, surfing, and ... Explore Aboriginal culture Wonderful world of animals on islands in the Pacific Islands of Fiji - a paradise for divers and not just for them Vanuatu: rivers, beaches, waterfalls, caves How to take part in saving the turtles? 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