South Pentecost - the "Nagol" Photo Gallery by Jan Erik Johnsen at pbase.com

South Pentecost - the "Nagol"

Nagol (also spelled Naghol or N'gol) occurs in April and May each year in many villages in South Pentecost in conjunction with the yam harvest.

I experienced the land-diving in two villages. In the first one everything went as expected, but in the second village (Londot) tragedy struck as the tower collapsed, killed one person and injured 4 others. This was the first time ever that a Nagol tower has falled down.
More about the accident: http://www.sydhav.no/artikler/vanuatu_nagol_ulykke.htm (Sorry, in Norwegian only)

Dressed for Nagol	Preparations	First time jumper	A long way down	Dancing and singing
Young jumper	Male dancers	Dancing and singing	The tower	Ready
Go!	Female dancers	More dancing and singing	Dancing and singing	Dancing and singing
The tower	Jumping from higher and higher platforms	Safely down	One of the top platform divers	The last jumper
Inspecting the landing area	Making the earth soft	Ready to dive	This guy hit the ground quite hard	The tragedy
The tower that fell down	The tower that fell down	The last diver in Londot - seconds before the tower tipped over and fell to the ground

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