Pentecost Island, South Pacific
On this lost island during a corner of a world, faith is a matter of life and death. For a people here, daily existence is unsafe — their continued presence depends on a annual harvest, and seeking God to save them from shelter takes a verbatim burst of faith from a strong building assembled of sticks, vines and bark.
It’s called land driving, and for centuries, Islanders have believed that a some-more dangerous a jump, a some-more copious a harvest. The usually reserve prevision is a tree vine tied around a jumpers’ ankles. Men have finished this for generations, and even boys as immature as 9 — like Bebe, whose initial burst is documented in “Belief” — are fervent to infer their strength.
Bebe’s story front on Tuesday, Oct. 20, during 8 p.m. ET on “Belief.”