[00:00.20]Major celebrations surround the giving and receiving of these prized assets.
[00:04.76]And since the Toka only occurs once every three or four years,
[00:08.59]everyone jumps at the chance to dress up.
[00:11.28]The dancing goes on for three days.
[00:13.71]Each village attempts to out-dance its neighbours in a display of friendly rivalry.
[00:18.54]You could say this is Strictly Come Dancing, Vanuatu-style.
[00:21.62]In the past, tribal rivalry was far more serious.
[00:25.56]On this island, there were precious few wild animals to hunt.
[00:29.46]Pigs would have been essential protein,
[00:32.30]but if they died, perhaps through disease,
[00:35.54]what else did the islanders have to eat?
[00:38.61]The great-grandparents of these dancers were cannibals.
[00:42.36]Life on an isolated Pacific island is eternally poised on a knife-edge.
[00:47.06]Nowhere is this more apparent than on the single most remote island in the Pacific,
[00:53.05]Easter Island.
[00:54.53]This tiny speck of land has an extraordinary story to tell,
[00:57.92]with new twists turning up still to this day.
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