First people to bungee jump? The Vanuatu. Without safety measures 👀 It's called "land diving" and is performed by the indigenous people of the Republic of Vanuatu. It is also a rite of passage for boys to become men. | Tribes Inspiring Workplaces

Great Video By @jwang815 - Every Saturday from April to June, the Nagol Land Diving ritual is performed on Pentecost Island (Vanuatu) in association with the annual yam harvest. It’s one of the most spectacular and death-defying cultural ceremonies in the world. Local men and boys (as young as 7 years old) of the Sa Tribe jump off headfirst from a wooden tower 30 meters high with only a couple of tree vines wrapped around their ankles. They are the original bungee jumpers and it was this ritual