Crossing the Equator ceremony

It’s fun, it’s hilarious and even the captain is involved…

Naptune and his queen holds court and turns pollywogs(people who never crossed the equator) into shellbacks (people who had crossed the equator) by dumping jams and creams and pastas on them and make them kiss a fish

Kiss the fish
They even grab the captain of the ship and have him take a dive into the pool…
We are shellbacks twice over, once going to Antarctica and now on our way to Fiji

Apparently for every voyage that crossed the Equator they went through this ceremony… Someone told me there’s also a ceremony when you cross the arctic circle, which we hope one day to experience..

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