The ironman of travel Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

Naked village guide

Check polo

Kindness that puts in the camera bag without saying anything

Naked children

Ipai Custom Village Dance

A stunning fire

We are comfortable but look cold

Carton case game

Penis sack men and the author

Naked village children

Demonstration of Melanesian cuisine

Teck Polo's wife and son

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If you learn this, you may be able to be
self-sufficient in this village.

The main event is a dance in which children of all
ages participate, including babies.

It's simple, but everyone is enjoying it.

Stomping the ground and raising the smoke.

Dancing, raise your voice and run around.

I feel the feelings of human beings in the familiar line of sight.

 I tried a game called a carton case that shoots an arrow by hand and a bow and arrow, but it didn't hit the target as I expected.

The technique of rubbing a tree to make a fire is great.

Smoke comes out when you rub it against a board with a wooden stick.

When the fine wood chips are transferred to the straw and the wind is sent, the flame burns.

It's wonderful.

The village consists of four villages and is home to 400 villagers.

The father of the guide "Tek Polo" (27)
is the head of the village.

He eats steamed coconut and tapioca wrapped
in banana leaves, or coconut nuts and
yams wrapped in leaves and eaten like a salad.

Tourists do their best, but we refrain from doing
anything because of the long journey.

Another village, Ipai Custom Village.

If you visit the village on a tour, the fee is included If you visit by yourself, call a guide at the entrance of the village.

When you blow the conch shell, it runs from the back of the village.

 It's kind of like Ninja Village.

The guide is a good young man who speaks English and French.

The 140 village elders are 109 years old.

It's a pity that I couldn't meet because he seems to be sleeping during the bad weather.

 It is said that a Japanese photographer lived in this village for three months a long time ago.

He must have lived in the village, drank a "hippopotamus" and photographed the Melanesian culture.

I can't imitate it at all.

He showed us the traditional dances of the Melanesians.

From the Taro & Yam harvest dance to the
"TANES TENS" goodbye dance.

Jump vigorously while moving your hips.

The Island's representative Yakel Village is a naked tribe with a waist rumen and a penis sack.

When I looked into the hut thinking that it was "for sightseeing", everyone put on one penis sack.

The average temperature of 20 degrees in July is comfortable for us but seems a bit cold for them.

Underneath a large tree is a small box labeled donation. 

Even if you ask the guide, it's up to you.

Thank you for traditional dances that are not limited to sightseeing.

Naked tribe Village with straw skirt and Penis Sack