18 Seeing Skull Island and the history of Headhunting in the Solomon Islands
18 Seeing Skull Island and the history of Headhunting in the Solomon Islands
I spent two weeks exploring the Solomon Islands in March 2017. Please enjoy my 31 videos:
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NGS Young Explorers - Solomon Islands Skull Island
National Geographic Young Explorers, Mikayla Wujec and Andrea Reid visit Skull Island in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands in February 2015.
Production: Mikayla Wujec & Andrea Reid
Videography: Sly J. Lee
Music: Bazarian - In the Mirror (Camp Fortune Remix)
We Blog the World Heads to Skull Island
This is a video about a spiritual connection & lesson on Skull Island, which can be reached by Banana Boat from Munda in the Solomon Islands. It is located in the Roviana Lagoon in the Western Province of the Solomons and was such a powerful experience that we wanted to share it.
Skull Island has a headhunting past, something that naturally conjures up a sad history for the people who lived there at that time, said to be around 1860 to the early 1900’s. Headhunting was a ritual that got you power + authority from the Chief and this was done by acquiring skulls as trophies – some say it was a sign that their ancestors were by their sides
Here, there are skull shrines decorated with traditional shell money. Traveling to the island is an intense experience as it is, but imagine connecting directly to the spirits of the past. Join us in the video as we travel to Skull Island where Anthony connects to our Spirit Guides who communicate with the spirits who remain on the island, educate us and tell us how important it is to respect this land – we learn a whole lot more than we anticipated.
Skull Island Munda
Traveling to Munda in the Solomon's Islands will be easier to get to once the international flights roll in from Brisbane. Expected to start in 2018
Lily's Island, Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands with Heritage Expeditions
Voyage: Melanesia Discoverer: Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands
Photography by Ewen Bell
War Canoes welcome Solomon Islands
May 10th 2018 war canoe welcome guests leading the way and singing along to Nazareth Village, Marovo Lagoon on the 100 years centenary celebrations in looking back on how gospel enters Choe village in May 13th 1918
Must Visit Sites - Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands have slowly begun to pick up in the tourist market. From beach excursions and historical artifacts to underwater marvels, here’s a few things one can come across on these South Pacific islands.
Video by Talltanic
8. Honiara Central Market
The Solomon Islands are also known for their colorful markets, one of the major ones being The Honiara Central Market. The central market sells all the things you would expect out of a market situated in a city by the shore: there’s an abundance of fruits and vegetables, fish, flowers, arts and crafts made by locals, and clothing items. It was established during the 1950s and is a thriving environment to this day. And it’s a perfect place for visitors since it also sells some of the cheapest food in the area. Lots of the locals from the different regions gather here to sell their wares, which makes for a very diverse collection of things to find here.
7. Mushroom Islands
The appropriately named Mushroom Island is apparently another great diving spot located at the Solomon Islands. The island is known locally as Tomba Tuni, though referred to as Mushroom Island for its unique shape. It’s also the location of an interesting wall dive which there’s supposed lots of interesting life forms to see along the submerged wall where there’s lots of fish, a lack of sharks, and beautiful coral for you to check out with your underwater goggles.
6. Shark Point
A few places in the world have their own Shark Point. At the Solomon Islands, the name shouldn’t scare you too much as there’s a huge variety of marine wildlife to marvel at located in this popular diving site. Shark Point can be found in Munda in the Western Province. Schools and schools of fish make the area their home and is also home to lots of branching coral, whip coral, and bushy coral near Munda Bar. At its depth, it reached 27 meters.
5. Tetepare Island
Ecotourists gather onto Tetepare Island since it’s the site of a huge rainforest that’s been carefully conserved. On the island you’ll find eco-friendly lodgings that feature solar power energy. What’s interesting is that it’s an uninhabited island for the most part, which in turn helps the wildlife here stay undisturbed. It is the largest uninhabited island in the South Pacific and measures at 118 square kilometers or 46 square miles in area. New species are being discovered here all the time and birdwatching is a popular activity for visitors since there are 230 species of birds to be found here.
4. Leru Cut
Leru Cut is one of the most famous if not the most famous diving site located in the waters of the Solomon Islands--and the place is rife with diving spots. This deep passage is between two pieces of submerged land that’s wide enough for scuba divers to swim into, though there’s not much room for lots of people to be down there at once. As far as wildlife goes, there’s not a lot to be found here within the cut, but then again that isn’t the point. The point is swimming between this extremely narrow passage that during the day, sunlight seeps through.
3. Mt. Rano
We’ve talked loads about diving and going deep in the sea. But what about the heights? A popular walking track is found at Mount Rano, which is situated on Kolombangara Island. One of the famous features of this mountain is the scenic mists that surround the higher parts of the region and it’s really like you’re on top of the clouds. In addition to the amazing views, there’s of course lots of wildlife to be found on the mountain, that have been described by hikers as a peaceful kind of wilderness.
2. World Discoverer
The MS World Discoverer is a huge abandoned cruise ship that’s been floating in the waters of the Solomon Islands since the year 2000. It was once a sea vessel that traveled the world but then came into contact with a reef which would put the World Discoverer out of commission. Everybody who was on board was safely evacuated, so the history behind its sinking isn’t a dark one. For years now, it’s just been left to slowly fade away into the waters and its presence is that of a more strange and random reputation if anything.
Skull Island
Now we get to something that’s actually a little more eerie. Skull island is certainly a title that sounds fictional, but it’s a real place in the Solomon Islands. Though a small island, for the few who visit it, it’s been described as a neat place to check out, even if you would think there’d be scarier stories than that. This island in New Georgia is named Skull Island since it houses the remains of prominent chiefs in their history within shrines. Tourists are allowed to visit the island and you must be accompanied by a Chief who’s there to guide you along the sacred land.
Solomon Canoes Fabrication (2009)
Local villagers from Peava (Marovo lagoon) explain the steps in the fabrication of a wooden canoe
Biche village, Head Hunting Skull Shrine, Solomon Islands 2017
School Good: An Educational Short Film: (Solomon islands Movie)
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Is There a Race of Giants Living on the Solomon Islands?
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Does a Giant Race Still reside In The Solomon Islands?
Researchers investigating the site heard and retold many stories famous among the native people there.
But, first, where are the Solomon Islands? The Solomon Islands actually consist of about 1,000 islands. It is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea...
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Munda 2019 November Q1
Munda Solomon Islands scuba dive reef 'n wreck ww2.
Used my brand new DJI Osmo Action Camera for the first time and the waterproof case LEAKED which ruined most of my video. (And impacted the remaining salvageable video - very disappointing.)
WAR RELICS FOR MUSEUM - MEMORIAL - SOUND
In New Guinea, the beginnings of a Territory War Memorial and Museum with a growing collection of relics from World War II. In the Museum a selection of small arms and such rarities as a coast watchers boot. A pistol from the Kokoda Trail. A number of aircraft are being salvaged by the Commission including this old DC3. Some 30 miles from Port Moresby, lying in crocodile infested swampland, an American Thunderbolt. The Aircraft suffered only superficial damage in a forced landing, but to get it out is a ticklish problem. The Thunderbolt's guns are still loaded with thousands of rounds a live ammunition. Ballistics expert, Police Inspector TED MILES makes a close examination. Flashback pictures show a flight of Thunderbolts from the war years.
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Solomon Islands were named after King Solomon de Mendana, the nephew of the Governor of Peru.
Marovo Lagoon
Marovo Lagoon is the world’s largest salt water lagoon which is situated in New Georgia, Solomon Islands.
East Rennell
East Rennell of Solomon Islands is the largest raised coral atoll in the world.
Skull Island
Skull Island in Solomon Islands,is a small island located in VonaVona Lagoon that contains a headhunting shrine. The centerpiece of the shrine is an elaborately carved container that holds the skulls of the chiefs of the local village
Mount Popomanaseu
Mount Popomanaseu is a volcanic mountain and the highest mountain in the Solomon Islands. At 2,335 meters (7,661 feet) above sea level, it is the highest peak in the insular South Pacific, excluding New Guinea and its satellite islands.
Blond
5 to 10% of the population have blond hair. This is from the same gene found in Northern Europe however it appeared in Oceania spontaneously and is not passed down from European settlers.
Bougainville
Bougainville, an island geographically located within the Solomon Islands, is actually part of Papua New Guinea.
Kennedy Island
Kennedy Island is a small uninhabited island in the Solomon Islands that was named after
John F. Kennedy, following an incident involving Kennedy during his World War II naval career.
Kavachi
Kavachi is an underwater volcano that is situated in the Solomon Islands.
Capital
Honiara is the capital city of Solomon Islands, administered as a provincial town on the northwestern coast of Guadalcanal. The city is served by Honiara International Airport and the sea port of Point Cruz, and lies along the Kukum Highway
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Falling tree almost destroys home!! Vori Vori, Western Province, Solomon Islands ❤️????????✨
A local in the small village of Vori Vori in the Western Province of Solomon Islands decided to have a large tree cut down near his home. That did not go down the way he hoped.
Fortunately no one got injured.
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Santa Ana (Makira Province) | Solomon Islands
Happy Melanesian children playing in the water of the South Pacific, filmed on the remote island of Santa Ana, at the easternmost tip of Makira island.
Music by: Ketsa - Scattered
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The Solomon Islands Shark Feeding
Video taken during a shark feeding.
Lazarus has Left Us
Lazarus the wood carver had gone off to join the Solomon Islands police, leaving an aching hole in the lives of those who knew him, and worked with him, on the little island of Santa Ana. I never met him but I felt his absence too, in the works he had left behind.
Munda, Solomon Islands Oct 2012 (2)
Filmed using GoPro HD Hero 2. Dive footage slightly blurry due to lack of proper dive lens.
Our journey to Tavanipupu Island resort. Hope you like it