"Like a Stone Age version of bungee jumping..."

David Attenborough describes the land diving ceremony he recorded in the New Hebrides.

01 December 2016

2 minutes

This clip is from

Sunday Feature—David Attenborough - World Music Collector

The battle between a balange player and a reel-to-reel tape recorder
Duration: 02:32
A singing caravan of Waghi tribesmen
Duration: 02:24
Invoking the great serpent spirit, Yurlunggur, with a didgeridoo
Duration: 02:29
Summoning turtles and great white sharks from the ocean's depths with song
Duration: 01:30

A jam session with a Viking Lyre
Duration: 00:53
"My hand did start lifting up, not really with my permission..."
Duration: 03:19
Cavorting, conversing and dancing...
Duration: 02:38
Voices of memory
Duration: 02:26