Nahgol, or land diving, is a tradition that originated in the Pentecostal Island. Though the date of the tradition's origin is unknown, it is known that land diving was a practice born of the indigenous people's belief in animism, the presence of spirits within inanimate objects of the natural world.

 

The process of land diving consists of a male, starting as early as the age of five, tying the llana vines around their ankles, climbing to the top of a 66-99 foot tower, and diving into a softly tilled patch of earth. Typically, 8-20 men and boys will volunteer to jump.