The ironman of travel Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

Donation for children in the village

Daniel drinking Kava

Presented but refrained from drinking

Put the squeezed material in a palm shell

Grate the roots of Yangona

KABA ritual

Ingredients of Kava Yangona wood can be used in 3 years when cut

A dynamic dance for men, women and children

Use nuts instead of bells at your feet

Daniel

Welcome dance audience is two of us

Kotetsu going to the center of the village

As a traditional drink in the South Pacific,
men look forward to going to the cover bar every night.

The "kaba" ritual with guests finally begins
It was experienced 10 years ago that "kaba",
which is also a kind of drug,
does not contain alcohol,
but the head is dull and the tongue is tangled and
the feet are swaying.

The coloring of the waist rumen is as simple as putting banana fiber in a bamboo tube and burning it with fire.

The fragrance is the fruit of a flower. 　

Twice In about 5 minutes, the yellow fibers of hand-dyed bananas are beautifully completed.

I feel the heart of having a traveler who rarely visits.

The village was the birthplace of bungee
jumping 15 years ago.

Currently 60 villagers who have migrated from
"Pentecost Island" seem to be one family.

A song and dance that is blessed with abundant
ingredients born from the earth, but never forgets gratitude.

Blood vessels appear on   the neck, and the voice squeezed from the bottom of the abdomen is transmitted.

A powerful voice echoes throughout the village.

In spite of the rain that started from time to time, muddy water was splashing from the feet of the bamboo cylinders that hit the ground and stomped on it.

All the children are serious.

This is our welcome dance.

Follow the villagers to the center of the village.

I'm kind of nervous.

Village NO2 "Daniel" (30).
As a villager's leader,
he begins to sing one after another while teaching songs.

 It's easy to see that it's not a spectacle singing style.

There are several small villages near the Big Bay, north of the center of the Island.

One of them is Bil Bil Village.

It seems that the place where we arrived over an hour is a place where the old village lifestyle remains the same and tourists rarely come.

They will show you the village dance and hippo rituals for just two of us.

Beat the log that is hollowed out from a large tree.
 It starts with the sound of a drum.

Village children are learning and studying the traditional culture of writing on the sand with their fingers.

I wanted bright and innocent children to incorporate the culture of civilized society, so I offered a donation of $ 500 (a set of stationery supplies) from the "Osaka US Lions Club" to which I belong.

I shook hands with each of the smiling children and left the village I wanted to visit again someday.

Bil Bil Village