| [00:00.00] | Thousands of species have humans to thank for |
| [00:02.88] | bringing them to islands throughout the Pacific. |
| [00:05.82] | But there's one animal that has been a valued travelling companion |
| [00:09.36] | for as long as people have sailed this ocean. |
| [00:11.95] | Wherever people went, |
| [00:13.23] | pigs went too. |
| [00:15.29] | In Vanuatu, |
| [00:16.45] | 1,200 miles north of New Zealand, |
| [00:19.48] | the people of Tanna Island have gathered for a festival. |
| [00:23.51] | Like an expensive car in Western culture, |
| [00:26.39] | here pigs are a symbol of wealth and status. |
| [00:29.88] | The Toka festival celebrates the end of warfare between rival clans, |
| [00:34.44] | and pigs are at the centre of it. |
| [00:36.92] | To attend, each village must bring some to the party, |
| [00:39.99] | that's a lot of pigs. |
| [00:41.63] | Some will be butchered for a feast, |
| [00:43.54] | others given away. |
| [00:44.89] | But to take one of these pigs home, |
| [00:46.66] | a family must agree to one day repay the debt |
| [00:50.11] | and it's these pig debts that help strengthen the bonds |
| [00:52.69] | between the different villages. |
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