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Pentecost men have been leaping head first from wooden scaffolds
五旬节岛的男人系着能防止他们坠落的藤索
with only forest vines to break their fall
从木制脚手架上头向前跳下
A tradition that inspired modern bungee jumping.
一个让现代蹦极跳受到启发的风俗
The jumps may look like acts of madness
这种跳看起来像疯狂行为
But the festival's origins have a serious side.
但作为节庆起源有着庄重的方面
They celebrate the annual harvest of their staple crop.
他们庆祝每年的主要作物的丰获
And with up to nine cyclones pounding the South Pacific a year
由于每年多达9个龙卷风重击南太平洋
A successful harvest is worth celebrating.
成功的丰获是值得庆祝的
The close calls with Mother Earth are not miscalculations.
与地球母亲的密切召唤是不会误算的
The diver's hair is actually meant to brush the ground
跳跃者的头发像刷子样拂过地面
in a symbolic act of fertilisation.
象征着施肥
And it's believed the closer the jumper gets to the ground
他们相信跳跃者离地面越近
The taller the crops will grow the next year.
来年的收成就越好
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