Learning the ancestral technique of kite-fishing | SLICE

02/11/2026 · SLICE

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Wapo is the traditional chief of the Aikawa, the oldest tribe on the island of Santa Catalina, in the south of the Solomon archipelago. Every year, in June, he goes kite fishing in the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

This year his young nephew Jay has been designated to follow Wapo's footsteps and perpetuate the legend of kite fishing. Wapo shows his pupil how to let the kite reach its flying altitude and, at the same time, how to control the line, so that the bait is carried by the kite, and skims the crest of the waves. If he lets it drag in the water, the fish won't be interested.

Jay will need many years of experience before becoming a great fisherman like Wapo, but he is already beginning to master all the elements of kite fishing.

Documentary: Sea Legends - The wings of the fisherman
Direction: Jérôme SEGUR
Production: ZED & RFO

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Comentários da comunidade

@Ainots5850 YouTube · 29/07/2022 · 👍 291

These two are my distant relatives from neighbouring santa catalina, few miles from Santa ana in the solomon Islands. These fishing techniques are still used today. Besides gardening, fishing is an important source of food to us Islanders. This video depicted exactly how our ancestors passed down knowledge and skills to the next generation. We are melanesian in the Pacific Ocean and beside our Polynesian and Micronesian brothers in the Pacific, we are also seafarers, an important aspect of our survival.

@ladyfame1430 YouTube · 26/06/2022 · 👍 157

This might sound weird to others but I appreciate how you did not translate their language I watch a lot of documentaries and they are often translated sometimes it's helpful to me to hear the translation but for this specific documentary I'm enjoying just hearing the natural language in their natural environment just to hear the sound of ther voice is a privilege and im thankful for that so im content with not understanding what they are saying there is Beauty with not knowing everything

@ExplorewithHAROLD YouTube · 26/07/2022 · 👍 72

As a Solomon Islander myself, I am grateful for this wonderful video. I've only heard stories of this fishing technique but thanks to this video, I can now see how it is done. Besides the fishing, the song is great too. Thanks for documenting this.

@tomzeman5964 YouTube · 01/07/2022 · 👍 66

Real people with real skills, no cell phones & other distractions, living in a natural environment, this is the life we were meant to live. Beautiful! Sad for us as we push the buttons!

@mangosandpineapples4301 YouTube · 04/01/2024 · 👍 4

The kid has natural BLONDE hair, which is popular in the Solomon Islands.

@JamesL32 YouTube · 26/06/2022 · 👍 28

Fishing without a hook ... amazing... natural talent

@zer0deaths862 YouTube · 20/09/2022 · 👍 14

When I was a little kid I used to tie some fishing line and a swimbait jig to my shark kite at the beach and let it hang over the water about 100 feet out and catch fish all day in the surf, I had a big brain moment when I thought of putting the two things I love most together. I learned about this years later and it always makes me smile.

@alvin9020 YouTube · 29/07/2022 · 👍 17

Reminds me of my grandfather how he taught me how to hunt for living up the in mountains of Northern Philippines. Things are changing fast in this modern world and I hope these indigenous education of passing down knowledge is not going to fade away too soon.

@Airwolf-b2n YouTube · 04/01/2023 · 👍 13

My special interest as a kid was flying kites , i read about the Solomon Islanders kite fishing and 35 years later finally get to see it , thanks to YouTube .