From generation to generation, a legend was told a blazing light plunged from the heaven and landed in the valleys of Kata Beach. Its intense radiance imparted the surrounding water a resplendent shimmer in Red and Gold. Allured by the light, the eight indigenous tribes united to build a shrine and civilization in that fabled land. Naming themselves after the elements of the sea and sky, they were the Star, Bird, Home, Boat, Shark, Ray, Reef and Pearl tribes.

That legend lives on as Metadee Elite, Home to the modern tribal arts.