[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.